States of the Body Produced by Love by Nisha Ramayya Loretta Collins Klobah The Shadow of Words covers

The Shadow of Words covers Blandiana's early collections published from 1964 to 1981

to release the caged birds

Acclaimed as one of the boldest

this time of loss

Clara Daneri

States of the Body Produced by Love by Nisha Ramayya Loretta Collins Klobah The Shadow of Words coversPublished 2nd May 2025. States of the Body Produced by Love is a modern mystical journey through love a many headed snake twisting through devotion, sacrifice and the dream of returning home. In her visionary debut, Nisha Ramayya conjures an opalescent world by way of Tantric ritual and myth. Thousand petalled lotuses bloom inside skulls, goddesses with dirty feet charm honeybees, strains of jazz standards bleed into anti national anthems. The book