WORLD THAT BELONGS TO US Hardcover

This groundbreaking anthology offers the first comprehensive collection of contemporary queer poetry from South Asia, spanning both the subcontinent and its diverse diasporas. Featuring a wide range of voices—from established poets like Hoshang Merchant and Ruth Vanita to emerging talents—the book explores multifaceted themes including desire, loneliness, sexual intimacy, struggles with caste and language, activism both public and private, and the complexities of family, both chosen and biological. With poems written in numerous South Asian languages and English, this urgent and imaginative collection provides a vital testament to the diversity, politics, aesthetics, and ethics of queer life in the region today.