The Launch of Drunken Boat 's Himalayan Arts and Yuyutsu Sharma's Quaking Cantos at Nepal Tourism Board
White Lotus Book Shop in collaboration with Nepal Tourism
Board today organized the Kathmandu launch of “Drunken Boat”, America’s
oldest online magazine along with the launch of renowned Nepali poet Yuyutsu RD
Sharma’s new book, “Quaking Cantos: Nepal Earthquake Poems published by
Nirala Publications, New Delhi.
Speaking at the
occasion senior poet Shailendra Sakar appreciated Yuyutsu Sharma’s contribution
in making Nepalese literature visible on the world map.
"The soul of the Nepal lies in Nepali poetry,” Yuyutsu said,
explaining how from the beginning poets like Rimal, Devkota, Bhupi and Sakar
have played vital role in ushering democracy in Nepal.”
Several poets included in Drunken Boat Special Nepal issue read poems
included in the prestigious American magazine. Nepali Poets Hari Adhikary,
Shailendra Sakar, Promod Snehi, Purna
Viram, Punya Guatam, Bishwa Sigdel and Shreejana Bhandari read the Nepali
version of the poems selected by the magazine. Yuyutsu read the same poems in
English.
Yuyutsu Sharma new book, Quaking Cantos was launched
by the poets included in the Drunken Boat Nepal Issue. Yuyutsu read his poems
like “I see my world shaking” and “Family Deity” from his Quaking Cantos
focused on Nepal earthquake, 2015. He is also working on a Nepal Earthquake memoir
and will be published next year. Nepali poet and novelist, Hari Adhikary appreciated
role of White Lotus in organizing weekly White Lotus poetry series for more than 20 years and appreciated Yuyutsu’s role in making Nepali
literature known to the outside world.
Artist including s Hari Khadka, Naresh
Sainju and Prasant Shrestha also expressed their views and shared memories of
their past collaborations with poets and writers.
