Rajiv Mohabir uses his queer and mixed-caste identities as grace notes to charm alienation into silence. Mohabir's inheritance of myths, folk tales, and multilingual translations make a palimpsest of histories that bleed into one another. A descendant of indentureship survivors, the poet-narrator creates an allegorical chronicle of dislocations and relocations, linking India, Guyana, Trinidad, New York, Orlando, Toronto, and Honolulu, combining the amplitude of mythology with direct witness and sensual reckoning, all the while seeking joy in testimony.

Author: Rajiv Mohabir
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Tupelo Press
Published: 05/01/2017
Series: Kundiman Prize #1
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d
ISBN: 9781936797967


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/17/2017
Library Journal 08/01/2017

About the Author
Mohabir, Rajiv: - Rajiv Mohabir's The Taxidermist's Cut was Winner of the AWP Intro Journal Award and the 2014 Intro Prize in Poetry from Four Way Books. Recipient of a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant, he has also received fellowships from the Voices of Our Nation's Artist foundation, Kundiman, and the American Institute of Indian Studies language program. He received his MFA in Poetry and Translation from at Queens College, City University of New York, and is currently pursuing a PhD in English from the University of Hawai'i, where he teaches poetry and composition.