Acclaimed author Vikram Seth, noted for works like _A Suitable Boy _and _An Equal Music_, recently released a book of poetry titled _Summer Requiem_. The collection, Seth’s first stand-alone

book of poetry in twenty-five years since _All You Who Sleep Tonight_ in 1990, has been published by Aleph Book Company. The publishers describe the book as “luminous, resonant and

profound,” claiming that the poems trace the “...dying days of summer, the ‘hour of rust’ when memory is haunted by loss and decay.” For those intending on immersing themselves in the

pleasures of sorrow, especially sorrow wrought beautiful by art, the book is now available in stores everywhere.