MixedNew Orleans ReviewDoshi’s understanding of poetry is obvious and she chooses to play with the format of her pieces using shape poems ... she incorporates a form of playfulness in pieces with difficult topics ... Readers not seeking to do extra research may not find this the best book to read, especially if they have no interest in dead artists or in contemplating the downward-spiralling state of this world, the problems of which seem fixable but which, for some reason, we are choosing not to fix. There are also multiple references to Hinduism and South Asian culture, but for readers with an interest in looking beyond the conditioned Eurocentric perspective, Dr. Doshi has been kind enough to create a note section so that readers can understand what events or stories inspired particular pieces. This collection of poems seeks to help us reexamine the lens through which we view the world and find some room for hope to grow \'as an organism inside us\', even if it’s \'a noose around [our] neck.\'
