Kamala Das Reads Kamala Das - Part Deux

Today the MQUP presents the second installment of a series of weekly podcasts featuring India's beloved and controversial Kamala Das reading her poetry in English.

 
Herons, read by Kamala Das.
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Morning at the Apollo Pier, read
by Kamala Das.
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These recordings served as inspiration to Merrily Weisbord for her newly released book The Love Queen of Malabar: Memoir of a Friendship with Kamala Das. Weisbord's admiration for Kamala's work sparked a long and rich relationship between the two women.

To read more about their unlikely friendship and how The Love Queen of Malabar came to be, click here.

If you wish to attend The Love Queen of Malabar's book launch on November 3rd, click here for more information.

Tune in next week for Kamala's In Love and Palam ...