Pratik Spring 2018 Issue Released

Pratik
A Magazine of Contemporary Writing
Spring 2018

History & Poetry
The Making of The Tin Man By
David Austell

With All That Is Nepal
A Photo Tribute by American Photographer
Joni Kabana

Eight Chinese Poets
Jidi Majia Chen Si’An Duo Duo Xi Chuan
Zheng Xiaoqiong Yuan Yongping Li Yawei Shen Wei

Featuring
Sitakant Mahapatra, Tony Barnstone &
Jami Proctor Xu

Nine Young Nepali Poets :

Pramod Snehi Shyam Rimal Sahadev Poudel Padma Gautam ‘Punya Gautam Bishwas Keshav Silwal Bhuwan Thapaliya, Ramesh Shrestha & Arun Budhathoki

The Lifeblood of Consciousness, of Love  and Loss: Stephen Massimilla on Ruth Danon‘s New Book, Limitless Tiny Boat

Plus all Regular Features

The 1990 Issue of Pratik was printed in a Letterpress in the heart of Kathmandu

The 1990 Issue of Pratik, printed in a Letterpress near Ganeshsthan run by two brothers in their family house in the heart of Kathmandu

Special Back Issues of Pratik Magazine now available on Amazon.com and Amazon.in

Pratik: A Magazine of Contemporary Writing


Special British Issue

Guest Editor
Pascale Petit
Editor: 
Yuyutsu Sharma

The Special issue features new poems by 26 leading UK poets: 



Moniza Alvi, Ruth Padel, Robin Robertson, 
Sean O'Brien, David Constantine, Mimi Khalvati,
 Fiona Sampson, Alice Oswald, Daljit Nagra, Patience Agbabi, 
Selima Hill, Matthew Sweeney, Robert Minhinnick,
 Gwyneth Lewis, Les Murray, Tim Liardet, George Szirtes, 
Pascale Petit, John Kinsella, Polly Clark, Nick Laird, Colette Bryce, John Haynes, Carol Rumens, Penelope Shuttle, and W.N. Herbert.



https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B8PC6JH

Special Dutch issue

Guest Editor
Harry Zevenbergen
Editor: 

Yuyutsu Sharma


Featuring the Best 
Contemporary Poets from 
the Netherlands


Maarten Das, Cor Gout, Tjitse Hofman, Jeroen Naaktgeboren, Daniel Dee, Reben van Gogh, Tsead Bruinja, Harry Zevenbergen, Bart FM Droog, Frederik Lucien De Laere Pter Holvoet-Hanssen Did De Paris, Andy Fierens, Karin Giphart, Henk van Zuiden, Philip Hoorne, Diana Ozon, Diann van Fassen, F. Starik, Erik Jan Harmens, Simon Vinkenoog, Hans Plomp, Merk van der Torren. Plus A Shared Interviews/Column


https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07B8M4Q3Q

American author, Mark Stephen Levy in Kathmandu with his new book, 'American Maharajah'

Last night I had the honor of introducing American author, Mark Stephen Levy and his new book, 'American Maharajah' at Pilgrims Bookstore in Thamel, Kathmandu!

Upcoming Spring 2018 Issue of Pratik: A Magazine of Contemporary Writing

Pratik

A Magazine of Contemporary Writing
Spring 2018

History & Poetry
The Making of The Tin Man By
David Austell

With All That Is Nepal
A Photo Tribute by American Photographer
Joni Kabana

Eight Chinese Poets
Jidi Majia Chen Si’An Duo Duo Xi Chuan
Zheng Xiaoqiong Yuan Yongping Li Yawei Shen Wei

Featuring
Sitakant Mahapatra, Tony Barnstone &
Jami Proctor Xu

Nine Young Nepali Poets
Plus all Regular Features

Yuyutsu Shama to present Best selling Slovenian Novelist Evlad Flisar's book at World Book Fair New Delhi

Thursday, 11 January

11/1 15:00, at International corner

Presentation of the latest novel by author Evald Flisar, "Words Above the Clouds", published by Nirala (New Delhi). the book will be presented by the editor and Himalayan poet Yuyutsu RD Sharma, and the author, Evald Flisar. Followed by a book signing by the author.

About the novel: During a 12-hour flight from London to Singapore passengers endeavour in increasingly dramatic conversations.

About the author: Evald Flisar (1945, Slovenia) is an acclaimed novelist, playwright, essayist, editor, globe-trotter (travelled in 96 countries), underground train driver in Sydney, editor of (among other publications) an encyclopaedia of science and invention in London, author of short stories and radio plays for the BBC … Various works of his have been translated into 40 languages, among them Bengali, Hindi, Malay, Nepalese, Indonesian, Turkish, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Dutch, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, English, German, Italian, Spanish, etc. His stage plays are regularly performed all over the world. In January 2017 he spent three weeks touring India, lecturing at three renowned institutions (National School of Drama in New Delhi, Rabindranath Tagore University in Kolkata, Malayalam University in Kerala), attending productions of two of his plays in Bengali and promoting translations of three of his books in Kerala, Bangalore and Kolkata.

National News Agency, Nepal, A Short Review of New Edition of Some Female Yeti & Other Poem/The Kathmandu Tribune

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New edition of poetry on the 1990 Democratic Upsurge issued

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KATHMANDU — The new edition of the world-renowned Himalayan poet, Yuyutsu Sharma’s book, Some Female Yeti & Other Poems has been released recently. This is third poetry collection written during 1990 Democratic Upsurge in Nepal.

The book includes the poems well known in Nepali literary circles including “Gopal Prasad Rimal,” “Laxmi Lekali,” “Buddha,” “The Democracy,” Tihar, “Pashupati,” “Kathmandu,” “The Mother of Stars,” “Swoyambhu,” and “The Temple.”

Divided into two segments, “The Secret of the Mountains” and “Fire Festivals,” the book explores fresher contexts of human struggle, fusing personal and public to conjure a vision of suffering humanity.

The poems deal with the specific era of Nepali history when women were raped and human rights were abused. In the last section of the book, the poet evokes the image of his beloved poet Gopal Prasad Rimal whose prophetic lines ring a vital cord in the heart of Nepalese society even today, “ A day comes but once in an Age.”

In journalist and media person, Sharad Pradhan’s words, “Yuyutsu’s poetry has long been a part of the Nepalese consciousness: we use his more aphoristic lines as a paradigm of contemporary Nepali political and social changes.”

Poems in the collection represent Yuyutsu Sharma’s earlier Nepalese polity focused work before he started travelling to the Himalayas and in the last decade became known as a Himalayan poet for travelling the globe and reading and teaching poetry all over the world. He has published seven more collections, including most discussed, Annapurna Poems, Quaking Cantos: Nepal Earthquake Poems and A Blizzard in my Bones: New York Poems.

Recipient of fellowships and grants from The Rockefeller Foundation, Ireland Literature Exchange, Trubar Foundation, Slovenia, The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature and The Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature, his books have been translated into French, German, Slovenian, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Hebrew and Chinese.

0He has held workshops in creative writing and translation at Queen’s University, Belfast, University of Ottawa and South Asian Institute, New York University, New York, Heidelberg University, Germany, University of California, Davis, Sacramento State University, California and Columbia University, New York. RSS

The Kathmandu Tribune

https://kathmandutribune.com/new-edition-poetry-1990-democratic-upsurge-issued/

Ashtabula: A Love Sutra by Yuyutsu Sharma

Snow bites my numb toes
as I walk over your frozen edge.
Rusting arc of the drawbridge
and the aqua of freedom glory
that swept away the stench
of the bleak history onto open Ontarios.

The motion of mighty waves has frozen
into a nudist grin, miles and miles
of white silence that has eaten your limbs.
The blackbird of shiny eyes and velvet features
perching atop your broad shoulders,
you lay bloodless, in tears,
a young widow, your own eyes
besmirched from the loss
of flaming fish of infernal colors.
I turned my head
to the doors of hunger
in your white flesh,
my fingers roving over
the mouth of the wide conch shell
of your navel from where once fluids flowed,
Ohio myrtle syrup diluted with an aroma of Oriental poppies.
One by one they wriggled out of it and
slithered onto their wailing wives . . .
I dipped my mouth into
the saucer below and fell
headlong, a wayward hunter,
into the depths of your hidden
estuaries that can feed
almost everyone on this earth . . .
I saw you shudder
like a lioness
into an erratic groaning,
about to push me off the edge.
“Do not do this.
Do not confuse my powers
as a lover with my love for you . . .”
The flurries of Midwest
sullied my face, my black coat
dotted from the flaming flakes
of Ohio snow, the winds tousled
my dark head as I slept on
the floral plains of your wide belly
like a baby in a womb
seeing his youth in a dream . . .

@Yuyutsu Sharma

From The Brownstone Poets Anthology, 2017

Second Paperback Edition of Some Female Yet & Other Poems released

• Paperback
• Publisher: Nirala Publications (2017)
• ISBN-10: 8182500915
• ISBN-13: 978-8182500914
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/8182500915

This is third thunderous poetry collection by Yuyutsu Sharma written during 1990 Democratic Upsurge in Nepal. "Yuyutsu's poetry has long been a part of the Nepalese consciousness: we use his more aphoristic lines as a paradigm of contemporary Nepali political and social changes." --The Kathmandu Post

 "Yuyutsu R.D. brings to the Indian readers a distinct flavor of the Nepalese landscape and culture, in a sequence of poems that pulsate with needle-sharp images-Equally sensitive is his language that, scrupulously avoids stilted diction-words or phrases. His writing is so densely imagistic that he holds reader's attention all the way through. Behind plethora of packed images is a genuine concern for the human predicament-the trials and tribulations of the destitute everywhere. Hunger is the theme that runs as an under current-hunger that gnaws into the vitals of both humans and animals." -Shiv K. Kumar in The Hindustan Times

Poetry Reading at Montauk Club, Brooklyn

Saturday, Dec 9, at 6: 00 — 8:00 pm

Eternal Snow Readings in New York

 followed by Yuyutsu Sharma  & David Austell reading their fresh work at

Montauk Club, Brooklyn The Montauk Club 25 Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Phone: 646 591 9951, 917 293 9334

Himalayan Poet Yuyutsu Sharma will share his recent work. After years of travelling the globe as an itinerant poet, Yuyutsu Sharma has earned the respect and admiration of thousands of people all over the world. Yuyu will unravel the secrets of Himalayan spirituality and read new poems written during his recent stay in Brooklyn.

American poet and Editor of Eternal Snow, David Austell will read his new work and discuss the anthology

The Readings from the contributors to the anthology, Eternal Snow:  A Worldwide Anthology of One Hundred Twenty-Five Poetic Intersections with Himalayan Poet Yuyutsu RD Sharma will take place.

Free to Public

RSVP :Phone: 646 591 9951, 917 293 9334

Ohio Launch of Eternal Snow

"Never fear a thing. When you fear a thing it happens." -Yuyu

Yuyutsu Sharma during his reading at Exchange House, Akron!
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Yuyutsu Sharma’s Current Eternal Snow Tour!

Posted on November 26, 2017

Saturday, Dec 9, at 6: 00 — 8:00 pm, Eternal Snow Readings in New York followed by Yuyutsu Sharma  & David Austell Reading their fresh work at Montauk Club, Brooklyn The Montauk Club 25 Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Phone:  Phone: 646 591 9951, 917 293 9334

Friday, Dec 8, at 7: 00 pm-9:00, Yuyutsu Sharma reading at Poets Aloud, BJ Spoke Gallery, 299 Main Street, Huntington, New York 11743 Host: Kelly J. Powell Seating always available, limited parking, so arrive early. Admission is free; $3 donation preferred. Refreshments available.

Tuesday, Dec 5, at 6: 30 pm, Erie Launch of Eternal Snow; Yuyutsu Sharma visits Poetry Night on his international tour with the anthology Eternal Snow! Book Signing. Plus poetry open mic. Upstairs for this event. Chuck Joy, poet host. Calamari’s Squid, 1317 State St. Erie, Pennsylvania 16501 Phone: 8144594276 http://www.calamaris-squidrow.com/

Sunday, Dec 3, at 7:00 pm: Ohio Launch Of Eternal Snow. The Anthology contributors read from the book followed by Yuyutsu Sharma reading his new work. Coffee and pastries served. Saint Pio Fine Arts Institute And Conservatory. 33 3rd St SE, Barberton, Ohio 44203 Hosted by Thomas Jenney Phone: Call (330) 328-7619

Saturday, Dec 2, at 4:30 – 7:00 pm: Yuyutsu Sharma reading at Exchange House, Akron, 760 Elms St. Akron Ohio 44310 Hosted by Noor Hindi (234) 312-9709

Thursday, Nov 30, at 7: 00 pm, Yuyutsu Sharma  Poet Gold & Judith Tulloch. Reading to be followed by Q&A. Organized by Calling All Poets, program host Mike JurkovicTown Crier 378 Main St. Beacon, New York, 12508 Phone: 845 855 1300

Saturday, November 18, at 2 pm until 4 pm: Yuyutsu Sharma Reading with David Austell & Barbara Novack at Oceanside Library  30 Davison Ave, Oceanside, NY 11572, USA. Hosted Peter V. Dugan, 516-287-5239  http://www.oceansidelibrary.com

Tuesday, November 14, at 6:30 pm, Yuyutsu Sharma reading at The Long Island Launch of Eternal Snow,  Port Jefferson Free Library, 631 473-0022 100 Thompson Street Port Jefferson, NY, 11777, 631-473-0022 Fax: 631-473-2903 info@portjefflibrary.org Hosted by Kat Lamberg

Monday, November 13, at 7 pm until 9 pm: Yuyutsu Sharma Reading as Feature Poet at Poetry Express Berkeley. Hosted by Poetry Express Berkeley, at Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Nearest Cross St. California, Host: Jim Barnard,  poetryexpress@gmail.com, www.poetryexpressed.com

Saturday, November 11,  Noon  to 2.30 pm: Yuyutsu Sharma Reading and workshop Berkeley Public Library, Hosted by Berkeley Public Library,  2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA  Host: Isobel Schneider, ischneider@cityofberkeley.info,  https://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/

Monday, Oct 23, at 7:00 pm: Yuyutsu Sharma Reading at Boston Launch of Eternal Snow with Timothy Gager at Out of the Blue Gallery,  in the Stone Soup Poetry Series, at  541 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Host: Chad Parenteau  https://outoftheblueartgallery.com

Saturday, Oct 21, at 6 pm to 9 pm Brooklyn Launch of Yuyutsu Sharma’s Eternal Snow and A Workshop with the Himalayan Poet, Hosted by Yoga Sole, Windsor Terrace Brooklyn – 254 Windsor Place – Brooklyn, NY 11215 Tel: 718.541.1382 , Reading$ 10pp  Workshop $25pp Reading included) www.yogasole.com Host : Evalena Leedy evalena@yogasole.com

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