As my junior year of high school comes to a close, so does studying this novel. The year started with the horror stories surrounding the dreaded prescribed reading – “The Shadow Lines” by Amitav Ghosh originally published in 1988. I was all prepared to hate it, and pleasantly surprised when I didn’t. I loved it. […]

The wind struck your body;In the lieu of a stormConjured simply of deep azureSunset pinks and royal purplesThat swirled like secretsIn a lipstick stained wine glass,And tipped and raged out of boundsLike sorry drunken truths.The storm- it let the breeze caress you.And your skin broke into goosebumpsEmbroidered like constellations,Stitched stars that told me storiesOf astronauts […]