Birds, Bones, and Melancholia: Musings and Mutterings - Softcover

Nanavati, Anushri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 166677863X ISBN 13: 9781666778632

Publisher: Resource Publications, 2023

Synopsis

A collection of fifty-four free-verse poems revolving around the interiority of melancholia, ranging from chaotic dyads and wearisome days to gut-wrenching despair. Birds have hollow bones, continually flying and falling from highs to lows, and therein lies the inspiration behind both the title and the content. The poems touch the spectrums of stark blacks and whites, with bleak and unrelentingly graphic depictions of the pain, loneliness, and emptiness of mental illness. For those who know it, the writing will ring only too true, for those who know of it, the words are a vicarious immersion in the depths of the human psyche. This is an exposé of the intensely personal world of melancholia.

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About the Author

Anushri Nanavati is the founder of Haiku & Hymns classes for children in Ahmedabad, India, where she teaches various subjects, including creative writing, literature, psychology, history, and foreign languages. She is an external instructor for Cambridge International Assessments. Previously working as a psychologist, she has had training in psychoanalysis and Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy. Nanavati also specializes in curriculum design, having developed modules on Social Emotional Learning and Creative Expression for international schools.

Edition details

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Publication date: 2023
• ISBN 10: 166677863X
• ISBN 13: 9781666778632
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 86