Tishani Doshi: ‘Writing a poem can be a hugely optimistic act’

On her fifth poetry collection, egrets, while war, how birds are both witnesses and warnings to her, and why poetry can still help us imagine other possibilities

You live on a beach in Chennai with your husband and dogs. How does that shape the way you see and write about Nature, time, loss, and survival? The sea has been a constant in all my writing. Growing up in Madras, the coast was always a lifeline into... [7095 chars]

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