# Small Talk

- Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2019/08/26/small-talk/
- Published: 2019-08-26T17:19:08+00:00
- Author: shuktara

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**Author:** Devanshi Khetarpal[⌊Sample cover of book. Red sari binding with trademark gold embossed title design.⌉](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Small-Talk.jpeg)
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Pages:** 64 **Year of Publication:** 2019 **Price:** Rs 150 **ISBN:** 978-81-941819-
0-3 (9788194181903)

_**About the Author**_
 Born in Bhopal, India, Devanshi Khetarpal is currently a
junior at New York University (NYU), majoring in Comparative Literature with a minor
in Creative Writing.  Khetarpal has previously interned at Poets House, and currently
works as editor-in-chief of _Inklette Magazine, _poetry reader for _Muzzle Magazine,_
application manager for the Speakeasy Project, and a Student Office Assistant for
the NYU Department of Comparative Literature_._ She has studied at NYU Paris and
NYU Florence, and is the recipient of the David J. Travis Undergraduate Research
Fund for research on modern Italy. Her works have been published in _Best Indian
__Poetry 2018, Transom, Aainanagar, Vayavya, _and _TRACK//FOUR, _among others. You
can visit her website at [www.devanshikhetarpal.co](http://www.devanshikhetarpal.co/).

_**Teaser**_

_Night & Back_

Kashmir, you are a name
 I once had.

The gulmohar falls
 on my chest like a stone.

I remember
 the geography of it:

how the Jhelum slithered
 your body to bruise.

These are words I know
 for their own sake.

I know: what so much smoke
 can mean so close to home.

_**Contents**_
 _Foreword_ by Akhil Katyal / 9 50 poems