Poetry at Sangam
Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.
Sascha Aurora Akhtar is a poet of the liminal — someone for whom all is magic|K|. She considers herself a ‘Pakistani-British-American: something reflected in the linguistic registers in her work. Her six poetry collections have been published by Salt, Shearsman, Contraband, The Emma Press, Knives, Forks & Spoons Press and ZimZalla — all UK publishers. Her debut fiction, Of Necessity And Wanting, was published by The 87 Press in October 2020, while Oxford University Press (India) will publish her first book of translations of the work of Hijab Imtiaz in 2021. Sascha’s Poems For Eliot, from the book #LoveLikeBlood, was named number one poem of the past five years by Poetry Wales in the summer of 2019. She is a Poetry School London tutor.
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