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Poets build homes in multiple places; they are lost walking along the most familiar terrains. Eastern Muse is an amazing mosaic of poems from different cultures from the East and North East India. It aspires to become a veritable home of creative minds of the this culturally vibrant part of theworld. This anthology gathers resonance of heart beats. “Eastern Muse: Poemsfrom the East and North East India edited by Jaydeep Sarangi and Malsawmi Jacob, brilliantly captures the beauty and the burlesque of the ` liquid society` we live in. Does poetry conceal more than expose? Is it a minority art ? No final check in or check out.The poets here are the voices ofthe buried humanity rising from the deep of conscience. Each poet in this unique anthology has aguerrilla warfare to fightwhich is both secret and dazzling.”-Subodh Sarkar, SahityaAkademi award-winning Bangla poet and Participating Author at IWP 2016 “Eastern Muse rightly draws attention to a part of India with strong poetic traditions, yet the cultural and linguistic resources vary enormously in the region. This collection presents themes such as nature and environment, mythologies, orality, desire and sexuality, but all are vitally linked to the people and their practices. Established as well as new authors join their voice in questioning homogeneity and instead call for a recognition of specificitiesthat the majestic scapeandfragmentedhistory have recorded. Lyrical yet realistic, imaginative yet socially concerned, the poetry offers a fine and contemporary view of this fascinating area.”-Malashri Lal, Former Head, Department of English, and Dean Academic Activities,University of Delhi.