"What a pleasure to see Laksmi Pamuritjake proem and prose texts in one generous volume that bears witness to her versatility and dexterity in both thos genres long before her name became internationally known for her splendid first novel. Her multivocal stories intertwine with the lush, layered textans of art and music and her elliptical, deft poems observe with a clear eye the cityscapes of o…