Folding a River, a collection of elegies, shows a pleasing range of
free-verse forms that develop themes sustained throughout: loss,
exile, myth, landscape. Kawita Kandpal's poems are explorations of
East-West cultures, taking her into an emo-mythic place not to be
found on any map. Kandpal's mood in Folding a River is melancholy,
articulated with intelligence and grace, and her phrasing can rise
to the level of proverb: "This time next year you will have evolved
into an idea." In its personal evocations of geographical and
linguistic exile from the subcontinent, centered on a lost father,
her work recalls that of Li-Young Lee, yet with a feminine
perspective often haunting in its own right: "tenderly / taking
back the mistakes of men."
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