The Language of FlowersJuhi loves helping her Appa sell flowers to the local community. In Appas flower shop, Juhi knows the language of love lilies for adoration, irises for hugs and kisses. She knows the language of faith frangipani for full moon days, red hibiscus for the temple. But when Appa tells her that her favourite customer has passed away, she does not know the language of grief. What flowers will she choose to remember a man who was always so full of life? A

Everything That Can Happen contains many kinds of future: an android fills out a passport form

and our very existence pose to the planet

The teller of these stories

raging and prophetic

no history of arms and bloodshed”

She is a freelance writer and educator in poetry

Burning the Bed (2003)

Visceral and lyrical

and their political discussions

The book reviews include novels that range from The Book of Khalid

Across the ocean

taking us along for the ride