When the Night Agrees to Speak to Me

By Ananda DeviTranslated by Kazim Ali Winner of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 2024Short-listed for the National Translation Award in Poetry A poetic, autobiographical collection from famed Mauritian writer Ananda Devi, engaging with loneliness, desire, violence, and aging. Publication Date: August 16, 2022 Paperback: 9781646051885eBook: 9781646051892 Description “I’m sick of biting off and chewing this dust, of scratching with my thin claws, searching for some chunk of literary gold to hell with all the disarrayed images of our homelands reflections of our particular misery.” From eminent Mauritian writer Ananda Devi, a collection that transgresses genre lines with poetic, autobiographical flow. The pieces herein address the resonance of personal memories and regrets, the political world, and sexuality. In light of the complexity of human identity, Devi emphasizes the importance of each word chosen, speaking directly to the reader and asking them to “peel back my ski