{"product_id":"let-the-smithereens","title":"Let the Smithereens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLet the Smithereens\u003c\/strong\u003e by Karthika Nair is a poetry collection that confronts racism, erasure, war, displacement, cultural loss, and the fractures within personal relationships. Through a forceful and formally inventive use of language, Nair responds to a world marked by social upheaval and asks what poetry can preserve when lives, histories, and cultures are pushed towards disappearance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe poems do not rely on words alone to convey their impact. Lines shiver, spiral, and zigzag across the page, turning form itself into a means of expressing disruption, migration, intimacy, and fragmentation. At the centre of the collection is the idea that remembering and bearing witness can become acts of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLet the Smithereens\u003c\/strong\u003e enters a landscape shaped by racial injustice, the erasure of women and cultures, conflict, displacement, and the breakdown of love. Karthika Nair approaches these subjects through poetry that combines political awareness with close attention to the physical possibilities of language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe poems use visual and structural forms to mirror the instability they describe. Words and lines can take unexpected shapes, suggesting forgotten continents, the belongings of migrants, or moments of physical connection between lovers. This relationship between meaning and form gives the collection a distinctive way of addressing experiences of fracture and change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRather than attempting to repair every rupture, the collection also considers the value of recording what has happened. Its attention to memory, loss, and witness places poetry in the role of preserving experiences that might otherwise be overlooked or erased.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePoems confronting racism, erasure, war, and cultural displacement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflections on the vulnerability of Black and coloured lives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eQuestions surrounding the erasure of women and whole cultures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePoetic explorations of love, loss, migration, and upheaval\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVisual forms that shiver, spiral, and zigzag across the page\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLanguage shaped by experiences of fragmentation and disruption\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe relationship between remembrance, witness, and resistance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReaders who enjoy contemporary poetry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReaders interested in politically and socially engaged literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThose exploring themes of racism, migration, war, and cultural erasure\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReaders drawn to experimental and visually inventive poetic forms\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFans of Karthika Nair's poetry and dance-related literary work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWhy You'll Love This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLet the Smithereens\u003c\/strong\u003e combines urgent subject matter with an inventive approach to poetic form. Karthika Nair uses language, structure, memory, and witness to respond to a fractured world, creating poems that examine injustice and loss while insisting on the importance of remembering what has been threatened with erasure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karthika Nair","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54749613588755,"sku":"BY13.6523","price":565.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4494\/6707\/files\/LettheSmithereens.webp?v=1789822198","url":"https:\/\/booksandyou.in\/products\/let-the-smithereens","provider":"Books and You","version":"1.0","type":"link"}