{"product_id":"love-is-just-a-story-poems-2005-2015-paperback","title":"Love is Just a Story: Poems 2005-2015 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArjun Chaudhuri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are poems that have been created out of the material of love. Love is, in all ways, a force that destroys. And since in destruction, as the Tantra says, are the seeds of creation, therefore love also births, and profoundly so. Poems such as these must be read without reserve and with empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDr. S. N. Dev (PhD, Oxon.)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArjun Choudhuri is a poet and translator. He lives in Assam in Northeast India, where he teaches English literature at Gurucharan College, Silchar, and is curator for both the Anuvad Festival For the Arts and Humanities (Assam's first indie arts\/lit festival) and The Northeast India Company (an indie arts collective). He has published six previous books of poetry: \u003cem\u003eIn the House Next Door\u003c\/em\u003e (2006, Writers Workshop, Kolkata), \u003cem\u003eThe River Roads\u003c\/em\u003e (2009, Wordsmith, Kolkata), \u003cem\u003eBordering Poetry: An Anthology of Translated Poetry from Barak Valley\u003c\/em\u003e (2010, Vyatikram, Guwahati), \u003cem\u003eAjobithi and Other Poems: Translations\u003c\/em\u003e (2009, Utsa Prakashani, Dhaka), \u003cem\u003eMetrophobia \u003c\/em\u003e(2012, Aquarius Publishing, USA) and \u003cem\u003eRain Tree Deity\u003c\/em\u003e (2014, Editions du Zaporogue, Aarhus). He lives with his mother and sister in his ancestral home, where he occasionally dabbles in digital art and street photography and avidly collects ritual texts and icons relating to the Mahayana\/Vajrayana doctrines and the Hindu Tantras.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344378323251,"sku":"9781909849259","price":27.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UhSpzr10OD9781909849259.webp?v=1778725294","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/love-is-just-a-story-poems-2005-2015-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}