Letter to Lilly

Call it a life manual for the girl-child and you wouldn't be wrong. But Letter to Lilly goes beyond that. It is a collection of poems that preaches defiance against accepted order. In this collection, the poet wastes no time in declaring her intentions. In Burn she charged with a voice full of strength:

Burn, lady. Burn.

Fuel your aspirations

and deposit a refining fire in the

core of this crude scheme of things.

For centuries, the girl-child has been taught to play second fiddle, her roles rel...