{"product_id":"bare-soul-paperback-1","title":"Bare Soul - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKalpna Singh-Chitnis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBare Soul\u003c\/em\u003e is an award-winning poetry collection by Indian-American poet Kalpna Singh-Chitnis. At its heart, the book is a journey of self-inquiry and self-realization, exploring themes such as love, longing, suffering, impermanence, compassion, identity, and the mystery of being. Intimate yet universal, \u003cem\u003e Bare Soul\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about looking inward-into love, suffering, memory, consciousness, and the mystery of the self-and discovering what may be revealed through that search.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection includes poetic sequences such as Ancient Quest, Ancient Love, Ancient Remorse, River of Songs, Rain, Touched by the Devil, Conversations with a Friend, and Coming Home. Together, they form an inward journey through emotional and spiritual experience, drawing upon nature, memory, faith, mystery, and the elemental world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a decade after its first publication, Bare Soul returns in its second edition with new materials, including an author foreword, \"Bare Soul: A Self-Inquiry,\" along with selected critical responses, scholarly perspectives, and writings by poets, critics, and authors who have engaged with the collection over the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2017, \u003cem\u003eBare Soul\u003c\/em\u003e received the Naji Naaman Literary Prize for Creativity in Lebanon. Poems from the collection have been translated into more than a dozen languages and published internationally, including Arabic translations by Nizar Sartawi published in literary magazines across the Arab world. The complete collection was translated into Ukrainian by poet and professor Ihor Pavlyuk and published in 2026 as \"BARE SOUL: ОГОЛЕНА ДУША.\" The book has been studied academically, and selected poems from Bare Soul, archived in the Lunar Codex, have traveled to the Moon. The poetry film \"River of Songs,\" based on poems from Bare Soul, directed by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, is scheduled to travel on a separate Lunar Codex mission in November 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 124\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46399783436423,"sku":"9798989660780","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5bLNOnPHSF9798989660780.webp?v=1793584244","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/bare-soul-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}