The poetry conglomeration gained visibility in literary circles as Shillong Poetry Society with the publication of its bi-annual poetry journal, Lyric, in 1992. In the 1980s, when Modern Indian Poetry had already been hosted as a genre by Nissim Ezekiel’s scrupulous efforts, in Shillong, poets Ananya Guha, Robin Ngangom and Desmond Kharmawphlang founded the now-defunct Shillong Poetry Circle and they were soon joined by Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih and Anjum Hasan. The hill town, literary hub of India’s Northeast, has produced poetry and fiction that are keenly aware of a complex politics of location and have ushered in a place-centered poetics. And yet, literature emerging from the city transcends narrow regional preoccupationsĬontemporary Indian literature in English, it would appear, owes to Shillong some of its strongest voices and finest literary talent. Shillong has been the muse to many poets and writers from the Northeast. Shillong: Poetics of Place : Preetika Venkatakrishnan
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