Title: Poet Needs to Read More good Contemporary Indian Fiction
Review: Vazirani's first book of poetry gives ample illustration of the on-going celebration of the exotic in American poetry, regardless of its literary quality. There is little metaphorical or linguistic frisson in this poetry; nowhere can one find the rich use of language that marks contemporary Indian fiction writers writing in English. Vazirani is no Arundhati Roy or Kiran Desai, to name two women of her generation. Her poetry too often falls flat, with little sense of rhythm or lineation. She does indeed have a keen eye for detail and a sense of narrative line. Exotic details and stories set in foreign lands are fine,of course, but what makes a poem worth reading is its use of language. Perhaps her second book will be better.
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