A fragmented notebook investigates mental illness and trauma in the South Asian diaspora

Part horror, part comedy, this exceptional poetry collection considers the initially cordial then ambivalent (violent) relations between a citizen host and an immigrant guest. The host is white, with liberal political views, and has opened their home to a non-native, non-white guest whose visa status is precarious. Looking at the limits or complications of a charitable act, the breakdown of a social relationship that is enacted in a consciously progressive space as the immigrant guest can't, for example, make a mess, or say anything that contravenes the comfort zone of their citizen host,...

An evocative exploration of body and politics by one of our most exciting innovative writers