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Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
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Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
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Poem / Counterpoint

Broken Sonnets for the Anthropocene

The speaker in this broken sonnet form utters disobedience for structures that extract care in the Anthropocene.
By Sneha Subramanian Kanta
24 Feb 2025
The silhouette of a person shows against the deep magenta and red hues of a sunset, with the sky otherwise dark. An island rests in the distance.

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“Broken Sonnets for the Anthropocene” is part of the collection Poets Resist, Refuse, and Find a Way Through. Read the introduction to the collection here.

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Sneha Subramanian Kanta

Sneha Subramanian Kanta teaches literature and creative writing. An award-winning writer, her work has received recognition and support from several institutions including the Ontario Arts Council, The Writers’ Union of Canada, The Writers’ Trust of Canada, Rutgers-Camden Poets, and Scholars Retreat, among others. Her work has been widely anthologized internationally, including in Between Paradise & Earth: Eve Poems, The Penguin Book of Indian Poets, and Third Space: An Anthology of South Asian Poetry. She is one of the founding editors of Parentheses Journal.

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