Black Candle Poems About Women from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

"[She] gives us the real grit, pain and joy of these women's lives.... It is heartfelt, perceptive, and full of delightful language." a? Bakunin "Divakaruni's very sensuousnessa? adds to the poignancy of the pictures she paintsa? . Deeply human, unabashedly feminist, this book is a testament to the women it depicts." a? Booklist "a? straightforward, moving narrative poems.a? " a? The Bloomsbury Review "Black Candle is a book that bears witness to the condition of women and to the condition of the world. Rich with colors, sounds, scents, with flowers and spices and fabrics and waters and sorrows and smoke, the world in this book is a necklace of bright pearls that burns the skin, yet is daily lifted up and owned, fastened to the body with a jeweled clasp: the compassion of Chitra Divakaruni's fiercely seeing heart." a? Jane Hirshfield In this newly expanded edition of poetry, award-winning author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni paints moving, palpable portraits of South Asian women from remote Indian villages and immigrant women arriving in America in sumptuous and jeweled language rich with metaphor.Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee is the author of 'Black Candle Poems About Women from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh' with ISBN 9780934971751 and ISBN 0934971757.