{"product_id":"after-9781681376462","title":"After","description":"\u003cb\u003eValmiki's \u003ci\u003eRamayana\u003c\/i\u003e provides the inspiration for this vibrant collection of poems, each of which acts as a persuasive encounter between English poetry and Indian myth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of poems inspired by Valmiki's \u003ci\u003eRamayana\u003c\/i\u003e, one of Asia's foundational epic poems and a story cycle of incalculable historical importance. But \u003ci\u003eAfter\u003c\/i\u003e does not just come after the \u003ci\u003eRamayana\u003c\/i\u003e. On each successive page, Vivek Narayanan brings the resources of contemporary English poetry to bear on the Sanskrit epic. In a work that warrants comparison with Christopher Logue's and Alice Oswald's reshapings of Homer, and Anne Carson's \u003ci\u003eAutobiography of Red\u003c\/i\u003e, Narayanan allows the ancient voice of the poem to engage with modern experience, initiating a transformative conversation across time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivek Narayanan\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the best-known Indian poets writing in English. His books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eUniversal Beach\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife and Times of Mr S\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University and a Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library. A full-length collection of his poems in Swedish translation was published in 2015 by the legendary Stockholm-based Wahlström \u0026amp; Widstrand. He currently teaches creative writing at George Mason University and is a member of the editorial board at \u003ci\u003ePoetry Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, where he helps to select poems and writes short essays about world poetry.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50520554471698,"sku":"9781681376462","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6418bc03-ad96-487e-8dc4-1c2bf2acdda7.jpg?v=1731086557","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/after-9781681376462","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}