LIFE AND LEGENDS
A Silent River Film and Literary Society journal
www.silentriverfilmandliterarysociety.org
Life and Legends – Eight Edition
Published: December 31st 2019
Irvine, CA, USA
Editor-in-Chief
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Associate Editor
Robbi Nester
Web Editor
Nirvan Chitnis
Cover Art
Silent River
Cover Photo
Sam Radion
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Editorial – Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Sanity Amidst the Chaos: The Fifth Anniversary Edition of Life and Legends
Special Feature
Indigenous: An Interview with Jennifer Reeser, by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Poetry
Usha Akella
Roger Camp
Christopher DeGroot
Stuart Gunter
Shadab Hashmi
Steffen Horstman
Dr. Khader Moh. Abu Jahjouh
Sarita Jenamani
Simone Liggins
David Martin
Samih Masoud
Christopher Merrill
Cameron Morse
Yogesh Patel
Jennifer Reeser
Nizar Sartawi
Deema Shehabi
Ram Krishna Singh
Uzomah Ugwu
Lee Upton
Pramila Venkateswaran
Jan Wiezorek
Translations
Ingeborg Bachmann– Translated by Sarita Jenamani
Katyayani– Translated by Shelly Bhoil
Kunwar Narain– Translated by Apurva Narain
Helmuth A. Niederle– Translated by Sarita Jenamani
Uday Prakash– Translated by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Khaled Shomali– Translated by Nizar Sartawi
Prose
A Fight Between Two Men: A Short Story by Kunwar Narain, translated by John Vater and Apurva Narain
Book Review
Sita (A Poem) by Nandini Sahu– Reviewed by Sutanuka Ghosh Roy
Poetry Video
Invocation: A prayer for My Mother in Kashmir by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Life and Legends: Five Years in Retrospect
Birth of a Magazine: Destiny of a Poet
Death of Civilization and Incarnation of Poetry
Summum Bonum: The Highest Good
The Essence of Warriorship
From the Cradle of Civilization: Contemporary Arabic Poetry
From the Cradle of Civilization: Contemporary Indian Poetry
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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