The Kimnama

by Kim Roberts

ISBN: 978-1-4303-1407-3
Publisher: Lulu.com
Rights Owner: Vrzhu Press
Copyright: © 2007  Standard Copyright License
Language: English
Country: United States
Edition: First
  • Paperback book $12.00

Printed: 48 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink

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Inspired by traveling through northern India, The Kimnama is a blend of history, narrative, stunning imagery, and personal encounters. It’s like the Indian combination of spices called a masala, of which there are myriad variations, weaving a complex and deeply satisfying whole.

A multisectioned narrative of the speaker's travels through India...[with] lots of lyric repetition, beautiful images. Though the work has a balanced, meditative feel, there are glimmers of unexpected humor.
—Sandra Beasley

Unique and informative...Roberts provides the reader with clues of India's rich multifaceted culture...as well as its mystery and draw. From its temples to its smell of flowers, food and fires rising up in pujas...
—Robert Giron, Gival Press

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Evocative, one-of- a-kind poetry
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9 Sep 2007 (updated 9 Sep 2007)
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In the lyrical lines of this book-length poem, Kim Roberts distills for us the essence of India. She summons up streets full of autorickshaws, scooters, buses, all honking to "...turn, cross an intersection, stop." Men in dhotis "-squat, all protruding/ arms and knees,/like giant grasshoppers." An old woman tries to teach the traveler the word for friend.


Roberts' attention to sensual detail, her braiding of historical past and present, and the revelations in her observations are among the delights of this book. The Kimnama is a pleasure to read and contemplate.

--Cheryl Snell

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