Confessional Poem

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Published: Jun 21, 2012

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Smita Agarwal
University of Allahabad, India

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Vol. 5 (2012): Summer 2012
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Poetry & Creative Prose
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Smita Agarwal, University of Allahabad, India

 

Smita Agarwal is the author of two collections of poems: Wish-granting Words, Poems (Ravi Dayal, New Delhi, 2002) and Mofussil Notebook. Poems of Small Town India (Cooperjal, London, 2011). Her poems have been published in magazines and anthologies such as Literature Alive: New Writing from India and Britain (British Council), Nine Indian Women Poets (OUP), Verse: Indian Poetry Feature (UK/USA), Confronting Love (Penguin, 2005), Quote poet Unquote: Contemporary Quotations on Poets and Poetry (Copper Canyon Press, USA, 2008), Indian English Women Poets (New Delhi, 2009), Wasafiri: India South Asia & the Diaspora (London: QMW University) and The Literary Review: Indian Poetry (New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University). Her critical articles have appeared in Poetry Review (UK) and Journal of Commonwealth Literature (UK). She is currently engaged in editing a collection of essays on Indian Poetry in English (Rodopi: The Netherlands). She is Professor of English at the University of Allahabad, India. Her hobby is Indian music and her songs are available on http://www.beatofindia.com and YouTube.