Alliances

“In the borderless world of poetry Robert Maddox-Harle from Australia, Sunil Sharma from Canada and Jaydeep Sarangi from India explore the paradoxes embedded in cultural experiences. Covering a vast range of themes that evoke journeys of the mind and also social realities, the collaborating poets present a fascinating vista of change and adaptations. Concerned about ecology and environment as a context for human survival, the poets seek cosmic balance at the same time as they note the ravages to planet earth. Alliances: Three Lands, Three Voices is a significant book for our times since it demonstrates that empathy and harmony across people and cultures is achievable.” --- Prof. Malashri Lal (retd) Dept of English, University of Delhi, and convenor, English Advisory Board, The Sahitya Akademi. About the Authors Robert Maddox-Harle is a poet, artist and reviewer. His work is published in journals, anthologies, online reviews and books. He has four volumes of his own poetry published, the latest, The Blazing Furnace (2022). He is an editorial board member and reviewer for numerous literary & academic journals. Artwork, Publications, Reviews and selected writings please see his website. Sunil Sharma, PhD (English), is currently Toronto-based academic, critic, literary editor and author with 25 published books: Seven collections of poetry; five of short fiction; one novel; a critical study of the novel, and, ten joint anthologies on prose, poetry and criticism, and, one joint poetry collection. Jaydeep Sarangi is a Kolkata based author, editor, translator and critic of multiple works and publications on Australian Literature, Indian Writing, Postcolonial studies and Dalit movements in India. Called the "Bard on the banks of Dulung", Sarangi has contributed to national and international anthologies of poetry, and read his poems on different shores in Australia and India.