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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Reading Now

I can never read poems too quickly. Some prose-fiction, I can finish in seconds, but not poems. I need to go over each and every word carefully, stop myself to get my eyes used to the imagery, need to stop in the middle sometimes, and then roll over to the next word. On an average working day, I can normally read three poems well. I might gloss over some more. But that's not reading, that's more like preparing myself about what is to come next.

Right now, in my reading list:

1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

2. Diwata by Barbara Jane Reyes

3. Jalpai Kather Esraj by Mridul Dasgupta

4. Out on the Main Street by Shani Mootoo

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