{"id":2342,"date":"2010-08-10T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lanternreview.com\/blog\/?p=2342"},"modified":"2010-08-09T13:38:42","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T17:38:42","slug":"summer-reads-issue-1-contributor-subhashini-kaligotla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/10\/summer-reads-issue-1-contributor-subhashini-kaligotla\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reads: Issue 1 Contributor Subhashini Kaligotla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For our <strong>Summer Reads<\/strong> series, we\u2019ve asked contributors      from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue1\/cover.html\">Issue 1<\/a> to share what they\u2019ve been reading or plan to read this summer.\u00a0 In this, our last installment, Subhashini Kaligotla shares about her summer reading plans.<\/p>\n<p>Subhashini tells us,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Since I am very interested in long poems but have succeeded in writing them only by putting together sections or fragments, I thought it would be useful to read Paisley Rekdal, who is a master of the long poem that marries lyric and narrative quite skillfully.\u00a0 So I am looking forward to reading her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Six-Girls-Without-Pants-Poems\/dp\/0910055823\"><em>Six Girls Without Pants<\/em><\/a> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upress.pitt.edu\/BookDetails.aspx?bookId=35853\">The Invention of the Kaleidoscope<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The other part of my summer list includes an old favourite\u2014Nick Flynn&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.graywolfpress.org\/component\/page,shop.flypage\/product_id,128\/category_id,9acc43383364035e9993a61305bca462\/option,com_phpshop\/\"><em>Some Ether<\/em><\/a>\u2014and a few other books that also handle family narratives and loss in a collection of lyric poems: Marie Howe&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/books.wwnorton.com\/books\/detail.aspx?ID=6510\"><em>What the Living Do<\/em><\/a>; Donald Hall&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Painted-Bed-Poems-Donald-Hall\/dp\/0618187898\"><em>The Painted Bed<\/em><\/a>; Gregory Orr&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coppercanyonpress.org\/catalog\/index.cfm?action=displayBook&amp;book_ID=1246\"><em>Concerning the Book that is the Body of the Beloved<\/em><\/a>; and Kevin Young&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/display.pperl\/9780307264343.html\"><em>Dear Darkness<\/em><\/a>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Subhashini&#8217;s poem &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue1\/29_30.html\">Sydney Notebook<\/a>&#8221; can be found in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue1\/cover.html\">Issue 1 of <em>Lantern Review<\/em><\/a>. Many thanks to her, and to all of the Issue 1 contributors who have shared their reading lists with us this summer.\u00a0 We hope that this series has inspired you to explore new titles and poets in your own summer reading queues.\u00a0 Now it&#8217;s your turn: what is the best book that <em>you&#8217;ve<\/em> read this summer, and why?\u00a0 We&#8217;d love to hear; tell us about it in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For our Summer Reads series, we\u2019ve asked contributors from Issue 1 to share what they\u2019ve been reading or plan to read this summer.\u00a0 In this, our last installment, Subhashini Kaligotla shares about her summer reading plans. 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