K.V. Dominic Essential Readings: Poems about Social Justice, Women's Rights, and the Environment
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Written in free verse, each of his poems makes the reader contemplate on intellectual, philosophical, spiritual, political, and social issues of the present world. Themes range from multiculturalism, environmental issues, social mafia, caste-ism, exploitation of women and children, poverty, and corruption to purely introspective matters. From the observation of neighborhood life to international events, and everyday forgotten tragedies of India, nothing escapes the grasp of Dominic?s keen sense of the fragility of life and morality in the modern world.
Praise for the verse of K. V. Dominic
"K. V. Dominic is one of the most vibrant Indian English poets whose intense passion for the burning social and national ailments makes him a disciple of Ezekielean School of poetry. His poetic passion for the natural beauty keeps him besides the Romanticists."
-- Dr. A. K. Choudhary, English poet, critic and editor, Professor of English, Assam, India
"K. V. Dominic?s poems are important additions to the growing global movement to bring about positive change and equality for all individuals. The injustices he confronts in his poems are the arrows and thorns that pierce his heart every day and the gushing blood that runs through his pen to paper."
-- Rob Harle, poet and critic, Nimbin, Australia
"K. V. Dominic is a poet of the suffering masses and oppressed sections of the society. He tries to dissect corruption at all levels, political or religious, social or academic and presents it in its true colours with all the ugliness and monstrous greed."
--Prof. T. V. Reddy, reputed English poet, writer and critic, Emeritus Professor of English from Andhra Pradesh, India
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Dr. K. V. Dominic, English poet, critic, short story writer, and editor is a retired professor of the PG & Research Department of English, Newman College, Thodupuzha, Kerala, India. He was born on 13 February, 1956, at Kalady, a holy place in Keralaÿwhere Adi Sankara, the philosopher who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta, was born. He got his PhD on the topic ?East-West Conflicts in the Novels of R. K. Narayan with Special Reference to The Vendor of Sweets, Waiting for the Mahatma, The Painter of Signs, and The Guide? from Mahatma GandhiÿUniversity, Kottayam, Kerala. In addi?tion to innumerable poems, short stories, and critical articles published in national and international journals, he has authored/ edited twenty-four books so far. The titles are:
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Postcolonial Readings in Indo-Anglian Literature
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Selected Short Stories in Contemporary Indo-Anglian Literature
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Pathos in the Short Stories of Rabindranath Tagore
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Reason and Fantasy: A Collection of Poems and Short Stories
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Winged Reason: A Collection of Poems
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Stephen Gill?s Poetry: A Panorama World Peace
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Discourses on Contemporary Indian English Poets
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Studies in Contemporary Canadian Literature
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Critical Studies on Contemporary Indian English Women Writers
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Write Son, Write: A Collection of Poems
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Critical Perspectives on the Poetry of R. K. Singh, D. C. Chambial, and I. K. Sharma
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Discourses on Five Indian Poets in English: Keki N. Daruwalla, Shiv K. Kumar, Pronab Kumar Majumder, Syed Ameeruddin, and Aju Mukhopadhyay
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Concepts and Contexts of Diasporic Literature of India
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Changing Face of Women in Literature: The Flaming Spirit
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Studies on Six Indian Poets in English: Jayanta Mahapatra, Hazara Singh, P. C.K.Prem, Gopikrishnan Kottoor, Manas Bakshi, Chandramoni Narayanaswamy,
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Multicultural Consciousness in the Novels of R. K. Narayan
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ African and Afro-American Literature: Insights and Interpretations
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Critical Evaluation of Contemporary Indian Poetry in English
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Multicultural Symphony: A Collection of Poems
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Multicultural Literature of India: A Critical Evaluation of Contemporary Regional Literatures
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ World English Fiction: Bridging Oneness
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Jayanti M. Dalal: Select Stories
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Sarojini Sahoo?s Feminine Reflections
úÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Indian Literatures in English: New Directions, Newer Possibilities.
Prof. Dominic is the Secretary of Guild of Indian English Writers, Editors, and Critics (GIEWEC), a registered non-profit having more than two hundred members mainly consisting of university/college professors, research scholars, and professional English writers. Prof. Dominic has conducted several national seminars and workshops all over India. He is a SAARC writer and participant of SAARC literary festivals. He is the editor and publisher of the international refereed biannual journal International Journal on Multicultural Literature (IJML) and Editor-in-Chief of the Guild?s international refereed biannual journal Writers Editors Critics (WEC). Both the journals are abstracted and indexed by Literary Reference Centre Plus, EBSCO Host, USA for Worldwide reference. He is also the publisher of the international refereed annual on fiction New Fiction Journal (NFJ).
Dr. Dominic has been interviewed by the reputed Italian Professor, Prof. Elisabetta Marino, and it appeared in the renowned Italian journal MOSAICO in Italy and Brazil as well as its English translation in the international refereed quarterly journal Labyrinth from Gwalior. He is in the Advisory and Editorial Boards of several leading journals in India. The International Poets Academy, Chennai, conferred on him its highest award?Lifetime Achievement Award?in 2009.
He can be contacted at: prof.kvdominic@gmail.com,
His website www.profkvdominic.com, or blog www.profkvdominic.blogspot.in.
