# A Book Lover to His Darling and Other Poems

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- Published: 2020-10-26T17:49:31+00:00
- Author: shuktara

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**Author:** Nita B George[⌊A sample cover of the book: olive green coloured sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.⌉](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/A-Book-Lover-and-His-Darling-and-Other-Poems.jpeg)
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Pages:** 92 **Year of Publication:** 2020 **Price:** Rs 300 **ISBN: **978-81-946740-
3-0 (9788194674030)

_**About the Author**_
 Poet and short-story writer Nita B George retired as an 
Associate Professor of English after an active teaching career of 37 years. She 
is a graduate from St. Francis College for Women, Secunderabad, and an alumnus of
the Department of English, Arts College, Osmania University. She started writing
when she was 54 and her first collection of poems, _**[Reflections](https://writersworkshopindia.com/books/poetry/redbird/reflections/)**_,
was published in 2012. This was followed by a book of short stories in 2014, _**
[Encounters](https://writersworkshopindia.com/books/fiction/greenbird/stories/encounters/)**_,
another volume of poetry, _**[Confessions and Other Poems](https://writersworkshopindia.com/books/confessions-and-other-poems/)**_(
2016) and a memoir, _**[A Speck in the Universe](https://writersworkshopindia.com/books/a-speck-in-the-universe/)**_(
2018). All four books were brought out by **Writers Workshop**, India. Professor
George is an animal lover spending a major part of her life in Secunderabad with
her pets.

_**Teaser**_

_Life Passes By_

She
 Lay Old, shrivelled, alone Just Outside The Emergency ward. I Paused, Then 
Moved On.

_**Contents**_
 72 poems spread over 2 sections