ep. 257 - Siddharth Dasgupta

Siddharth Dasgupta writes poetry and fiction from lost hometowns. His fourth book, A Moveable East, was published in early 2021. A fifth book and third collection of poetry, All These Streets We've Known By Heart, was published in 2022. Siddharth’s literature has appeared or is forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, Prairie Fire, Epiphany, Rogue Agent, Lunch Ticket, Kyoto Journal, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. He has read in cities like Bombay, Lucknow, Mandalay, Galle, Paris, Istanbul, and Dubai. Siddharth serves as Editor, Visual Narratives with The Bombay Literary Magazine, but calls the city of Poona home. Follow Siddharth on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/citizen.bliss/ As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins. For links to all the past episodes, visit: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/ This Week’s Prompt: Write a hot haiku sequence. Next Week’s Prompt: Write a poem with your least favorite word to appear in a poem as the title. Include why it’s your least favorite in the submission note. The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.