Wet Silence

<p><strong>"Sweta Vikram captures bold raw passion, poignant reality and crafts a powerful voice for the voiceless." </strong>--Kate Campbell Stevenson, Actor &amp; Producer </p><p><em>Wet Silence </em>bears moving accounts of Hindu widows in India. The book raises concern about the treatment of widowed women by society; lends their stories a voice; shares their unheard tales about marriage; reveals the heavy hand of patriarchy; and, addresses the lack of companionship and sensuality in their lives. This collection of poems covers a myriad of social evils such as misogyny, infidelity, gender inequality, and celibacy amongst other things. The poems in the collection are bold, unapologetic, and visceral. The collection will haunt you. </p><p>"Nothing short of sacred genius, <em>Wet Silence</em> reads with a sensual and dangerous grace. It is a body of work that ushers presence into absence and love into a world that has all but done away with the word." --Slash Coleman, author of <em>The Bohemian Love Diaries</em> and blogger for <em>Psychology Today</em></p><p>."Sweta's poems did a powerful job at highlighting the mental and sexual abuse, violence, loneliness and the pain experienced by millions of widows in India. Why I ask, is being a widow a crime?" --Shruti Kapoor, Founder of Sayfty, an organization that helps women protect themselves against violence</p><p>"In a gorgeous choir of reclaimed voices, Sweta Srivastava Vikram tells the stories of women forgotten and passed over, women silenced and without choices, women who 'don't exist'--Hindu widows. Through the magical breath of her poetry Vikram not only animates these women's hopes, sorrows, dreams, and defeats, she lovingly restores them to honor." --Melissa Studdard, award-winning author of <em>I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast</em></p><p>.Learn more at www.SwetaVikram.com</p><p><br></p><p>From the World Voices Series at Modern History Press</p><p><br></p><p>POE005060 Poetry : American - Asian American SOC028000 Social Science : Women's Studies - General FAM001000 Family &amp; Relationships : Abuse - General</p><p><br></p>