“Gordon’s hand is unerring as he looks straight on in the face of loss and makes of it a lovely melody.” Regarding Speak, Spake, Spoke, the book’s companion CD, All About Jazz wrote, “Precise of word and rhyme and ready of wit, Gordon’s pairing poems with pearls of jazz and his erudition in world lit add further dimensions to his verbal inventions.” Of Ghost & Ganga: A Jazz Odyssey, three interweaving novellas, Poetry Bay wrote, “Language at its finest---healthy, whole, playful and incisive, the mature work of a master word slinger who Huck Finns his way down a Mississippi of song, of jazz, folk and blues.” Of Round Earth, Open Sky, a psychological suspense thriller and sci-fi road novel, Museum of American Poetics noted, “By far, the best novel I’ve read of my generation, Gordon has created a work of holy parables.”
K Satchidanandan
K Satchidanandan is one of the best known Indian poets. A Malayalam poet, essayist and translator, he is also a bilingual critic and editor, with a doctorate in post-structuralist poetics. He was Professor of English at Christ College, University of Calicut, Kerala, editor of Indian Literature, and later the Chief Executive of Sahitya Akademi. He has been associated, as editor with Katha, Delhi and the Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature. He edits the poetry quarterly Kerala Kavita in Malayalam and the series of translations from South Asian literature, The South Asian Library of Literature in English. He retired in 2011 as Director and Professor, School of Translation Studies and Training, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi. He is on the Advisory Board of Indian Literature Abroad, and in National Executive of the National Translation Mission, both Govt of India initiatives. He has 21 collections of poetry, 16 collections of world poetry in translation, four plays, three travelogues and 23 collections of critical essays and interviews (all in Malayalam) besides 4 books of essays in English. He has edited several anthologies of poetry and prose in Malayalam, English and Hindi. His poetry has been extensively translated into 17 languages. He has won 21 awards for his literary contribution including Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (4 times) and Kumaran Asan Award (Chennai). He is a Fellow of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Satchidanandan has represented India in several
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