Jennifer Sigler Robertson

Poet | Cultural Critic | Entrepreneur
Author of Folie à deux | publishes by Everybody Press (US) & Paperwall Publishing (India)

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"Language, in Robertson’s hands, keeps getting denuded and reconfigured; at no point in time is it constant and quiescent. On occasions, it merely becomes a tenant in the brain’s imagination; tamed to the point of servility," writes Aditya Shiledar.

Read review: https://t.co/uxZ1Cq98Mw

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A nostalgic poetry reading trip with Linda Ashok & Vinita Agarwal many moons ago. Thank you ladies for the wonderful gift of poetry — https://t.co/JwExPQ4MG1

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Absolutely delighted, and chuffed to find a marvellous review of my debut poetry collection:
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‘For Tagore, nationalism is lucifugous: what shuns light, or is anti-light. It is not the black hole, but the hypothetical white hole of space that can imaginarily envelop the mind, and prevent light from entering.’

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Unbelievable day for Indian cinema. An independent filmmaker - from much hated FTII - whose first film was a poetic love letter to the idea of dissent in a democracy, wins the second highest honour at the biggest film festival in the world.

Payal Kapadia’s ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT wins GRAND PRIX. Magical to see four Indian women on stage at Cannes.

Dissent, in art and in life, is a tough path to choose. But sometimes it does create magic.

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@suhitbombaywala This is the prettiest thing that I’ve seen today. ❤️More power to your pen.

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Truly excited and honoured to find ‘Folie à deux’ in the list of twelve most interesting poetry books! Saint Valentine is being benevolent, I suppose.
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@MommieWeirdest Thank you so
much, dear Leslie. I’m so glad the poem resonated with you.

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Today's Featured Poet:

Jennifer Robertson is a poet, critic, and consultant based in Bombay. Her debut poetry collection Folie a deux has been published in the USA by Everybody Press (Fall 2023) and is forthcoming in India by Paperwall Publishing (2024).

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Delighted to have a poem “The Tiny Economies of Restraint” featured by @Poetry_Daily from my debut collection Folie à deux.

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Today's Featured Poem:

"The Tiny Economies of Restraint" by @Anneverse, from Folie à deux, published by Everybody Press.

Read here:
https://t.co/onygCCNdXP

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@sahaysmita @ranjithoskote @cheusecenter Thank you so much for your support and friendship, dear Smita. 🌻

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Chuffed to be reading with my dynamic mentor @ranjithoskote to celebrate the launch of my debut book ‘Folie à deux’ at the Cheuse Salon on the 27th of October at the George Mason University.

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@tanujsolanki @TheJCBPrize @kan_writersside @sorcerical @disharunaik @meenakandasamy Splendid news, dear Tanuj. Heartiest congratulations.

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Snippets from the screening of the documentary chronicling the enigmatic journey of seagullbooks and a riveting conversation between NaveenKishore, Pushan Kripalani & Sandip Roy @emamiart @seagullbooks

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A new translation from The Dust Draws Its Face on the Wind: New and Selected Poems by Avinash Shrestha (HarperCollinsIN, 2024). Excited to be sharing space with some fantastic poets and translators in the latest issue of @Poetry_London

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Poems from Kashmir

“Suddenly a cloud appeared and the sky filled its eyes with tears.
Joyous birds stifled their voices, silenced their songs.”

Naseem Shafele translated by Neerja Matoo

Thank you, Poetry at Sangam @PriyaChabria

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We are carrying Kashmiri poetry. Even if certain poets have been removed from university syllabi. Naseem Shafele’s poems translated by Neerja Matoo. On Poetry at Sangam. @MrinHarchandrai @RazaFound @ranjithoskote

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Chennai folks, kindly note the date for this workshop. Vivek’s new collection ‘After’ is an experimental, sui-generis, dauntingly difficult, yet endlessly intriguing reimagining of the epic ‘Ramayana’.

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‘Bringing inventive, provocative and unexpected voices from sub-Saharan African, French-speaking Afropean and other places’. @seagullbooks

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40 years of giving voice to the unheard—that's Seagull Books for you.

Founder Naveen Kishore digs into the history and mission of the Calcutta-based publishing house that has translated 500+ books from African, European, Asian, and Latin American writers. https://t.co/QxO7XnGr50

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One of the leading contemporary voices in IE poetry in India — an astute art theorist, a generous and encouraging mentor. Looking forward to this! Bombay folks, kindly note.

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SAVE THE DATE: My book, *Icelight*, will be launched at Kitab Khana, Bombay, on Wednesday: 9th August 2023, at 6 pm. Mustansir Dalvi - poet, translator, dear friend - will be my interlocutor. Please join us that evening! @PenguinIndia @KitabKhanaBooks @asanyfuleknow @Moutushi2382

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@medhawrites @scottishbktrust @CreativeScots Congratulations dear Medha! Splendid news indeed.