Countries of the Body

• Originally published in 2006, this special edition reintroduces Doshi's powerful verse to modern readers. Each poem carefully navigates themes of intimacy, geographic belonging, identity, and the fluid borders between the self and the surrounding world
  

Tishani Doshi is a highly acclaimed poet and novelist born in Chennai, India. Her debut collection won the prestigious Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection. Apart from writing, she is a trained classical dancer who performed globally with the Chandralekha troupe

• • The collection centers entirely around the metaphorical and literal meaning of "the body" as a landscape of experiences. Doshi maps human anatomy against geography, exploring love, loss, displacement, and aging. By celebrating both the joys and painful contours of physical existence, the poems deliver a comforting yet sharp perspective on what it truly means to inhabit a human body in a chaotic world