Touched and humbled by this wonderfully written analysis and reading of The Better Monsters by Jade Wallace. An incredible writer who does an exquisite job of deep diving into subtle under layers and larger themes. Also, thank you to Amanda Earl and bywords.ca for publishing.
Full review is here: https://bywords.ca/july2019/review1.htm
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What’s The Big Idea? Salon Series
Along with regularly hosting The Art Bar Reading Series (the longest running poetry-only reading series in Canada) my last appearance of 2018 will be for a new salon series at Henry of Pelham Winery. More information available here.
2018 Book Award Nominations
I am incredibly humbled and honored that The Better Monsters (Mansfield Press) has been nominated as a Finalist for the 2018 Trillium Book Award For Poetry (English Language) and it has been Shortlisted for the 2018 Raymond Souster Award.
Thanks everyone for your kind words and support.
Listen to my radio interview on 89.5 FM CIUT HOWL
Interviewed for Canadian Immigrant Magazine. Nov. 22, 2017
Puneet Dutt’s book, The Better Monsters, explores violence in migration journeys
As a friend of many immigrants and an immigrant herself, Puneet Dutt has witnessed a common reaction from individuals who’ve encountered violence, racism and war during their migration journeys.
“The responses to these experiences … have largely been silence, something to get past, to forget, and that has been extremely strange to me as I try to understand my past, and my own life experiences,” says Dutt.
In hopes of encouraging newcomers to feel more comfortable speaking about the struggles they’ve encountered, the Indian-born author wrote The Better Monsters, her debut book of poetry.
Within the collection, Dutt discusses the complexities of politics, the idea of belonging and the ambiguous theme of monsters. Giving examples to explain the collection’s title, she says that natives to a country may see immigrants as monsters, newcomers may look at their new country as a horror movie setting, and both sides in war likely view their opposition as villains.
While exploring these different meanings and complicated themes, Dutt intends for readers to not only hear her stories, but to also relate then share their own experiences.
“I hope it will be more like listening — listening to the experiences that are largely silenced, since many of the people who experience [these issues] want to ignore,” she says. “I continue to think in terms of the political, if only to discover the unheard or silenced voices.”
The Better Monsters can be purchased on publisher Mansfield Press’ website.
The Better Monsters – Book Cover
It’s here! To buy a copy, visit Mansfield Press, or click on the Books link to buy a copy from Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
Reserve a Spot – Tartan Turban Reading Series, Sept. 21
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Reading on Tuesday, August 29, 2017
A Review of PTSD south beach
An insightful and well written review of PTSD south beach by the incomparable powerhouse Klara du Plessis @ToMakePoesis in Issue 74 of @brokenpencilmag .
“A finalist for the 2016 Breitling Chapbook Prize, Puneet Dutt’s is a fine collection of poems, coherently selected to straddle both a politically informed and nostalgically personal perspective. As the post-traumatic stress disorder of the title would suggest, PTSD south beach projects organized violence, war, as a given, but then filters it through the harrowing experience of the individual.”
To read the full review, visit: http://www.brokenpencil.com/news/zine-review-ptsd-south-beach
By Kaitlin Jingco
November 22, 2017