indiom by Daljit Nagra
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE AUTUMN 2023
Matthew Hedley Stoppard Glass is Elastic (2012)

Glass is Elastic (2012)

and its stunning ability to sing the extraordinary within the ordinary

The Underlook balances precariously between the real and the surreal

Leanne O'Sullivan

indiom by Daljit Nagra <br><b>POETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE AUTUMN 2023</b><br> Matthew Hedley Stoppard Glass is Elastic (2012)This East meets West hybrid work combines playful cavort with serious comment. A cast of Indic heritage poets meets to perform poems and discuss the future of poetry. indiom engages eclectic, often Rabelaisian styles on subjects as various as the Indian poet Nissim Ezekiel, Shakespearean comedy, Under Milk Wood, The Simpsons and Newcastle United. Daljit Nagras mock epic scrutinises the legacies of Empire and issues such as power and status, casteism