Adil Jussawala on his fav books

ADIL JUSSAWALLA ON BOOKS

The Boatride and Other Poems is a very important addition to Arun Kolatkar’s work. It’s made up of all his uncollected work in English — the longish ‘Boatride’, translations of his own poems into English, and of the work of other poets who wrote in Marathi, like Tukaram. There’s an excellent introduction by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, who has really worked very hard on the annotations. This is a book for lovers of poetry. Because of the notes and the chronology, it is very valuable for students of Kolatkar’s poetry. I like the book very much and I’m glad it is out. It’s an important book and, as expected of Pras Prakashan, the production values are excellent.

Jussawalla is a poet who lives in Mumbai