Indian Winter

To be honest, I was disappointed. There are some nice elements and a generally entertaining story line about an American poet of Indian heritage who, upon learning of the suicide of a man he once loved, long after the fact, heads to India for several months. He wants to write about this man whom he......more

If you’re looking for a good short book to read before the end of this month then I’d recommend INDIAN WINTER by Kazim Ali. This novel is 153 pages and I really enjoyed reading it which for me was the perfect book at the right time. I read the majority of this book the day after attending the Vancou......more

I adored this book. The writing style is fantastic, exactly how my brain thinks. I like how the author portrays the confusion of love.......more

Write what you know, the old saying goes. But Kazim Ali's gorgeous, metafictional novel admonishes us for entertaining such a simple sentiment. We deserve something deeper. One should write with the heart, not just with the brain. Write what you feel, goddammit. Relating a deeply felt ongoing presen......more

I'm a sucker for any novel written by a poet. The dense amalgamation of poetry given room to breathe across chapters. And even as the narrator muses "a fiction of carefully crafted language with flowing sentences and paragraphs always makes me suspicious" I found the language hypnotizing. A queer po......more