LIFE AND LEGENDS
A Silent River Film and Literary Society journal
www.silentriverfilmandliterarysociety.org
Life and Legends – Ninth Edition
Published: December 15th 2020
Irvine, CA, USA
Editor-in-Chief
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Contributing Editor
Lopa Banerjee
Web Editor
Nirvan Chitnis
Cover Art
Silent River
Cover Photo
Manfred Antranias Zimmer
Editorial – Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
The Year of Awakenings
POETRY
Shanta Acharya
Stephen Anderson
Holly Day
Patric Theron Erickson
Matthew Hunt
Marina Kazakova
Jean L. Kreiling
Stephen Mead
Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca
Karla Linn Merrifield
Michael Milligan
Mark Parson
Christina E. Petrides
Benjamin Schmitt
Sanjeev Sethi
Roger Singer
Ram Krishna Singh
Donna Snyder
Megha Sood
Lynn White
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TRANSLATION
Mohammad Ayub Betab – (Kashmiri) Translated by Agni Shekhar and Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Mirza Ghalib – (Urdu) – Translated by Anisur Rahman
Vidya Golam – (Kreol) – Translated by Vedita Cowaloosur
Kazi Nazrul Islam – (Bengali) – Translated by Lopamudra Banerjee
Vadim Molodiy – (Russian) – Translated by Boris Kokotov
Vishnuchandra Sharma – (Hindi) – Translated by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Keadernath Singh – (Hindi) – Translated by Kalpana Singh-Chitnis
Alfonsina Storni – (Spanish) – Translated by Ulyses Razo
SPECIAL FEATURES
A World Elsewhere: An Interview with Shanta Acharya, by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
The Light and Fire of a Lantern: An Interview with Mangalesh Dabral, by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Stories Behind Poetry: Four Poems by Matthew Hunt
FICTION
Duane and the Cougar – Tammy Huffman
Rideshare – Jonathan Ferrini
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POETRY FILMS AND VIDEO
Three Poetry Films directed by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Based on short poems by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
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EVENT
Women Poets Sharing their Success Stories & Immigrant Experiences Through Poetry
Presented by Life and Legends at AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) 2021
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Life and Legends in Retrospect
First Edition
Birth of a Magazine: Destiny of a Poet
Second Edition
Death of Civilization and Incarnation of Poetry
Third Edition
Summum Bonum: The Highest Good
Fourth Edition
The Essence of Warriorship
Fifth Edition
From the Cradle of Civilization: Contemporary Arabic Poetry
Sixth Edition
From the Cradle of Civilization: Contemporary Indian Poetry
Seventh Edition
Echoes from the Himalayas: Contemporary Nepali Poetry and More
Eighth Edition
Sanity Amidst the Chaos: The Fifth Anniversary Edition of Life and Legends
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