Zehra Naqvi's debut poetry collection explores how language is inherited, passed down and lost

Q11:12Zehra Naqvi on her debut poetry collection

This month, the Canadian writer Zehra Naqvi will release her debut poetry collection, The Knot of My Tongue.She tells Q guest host Talia Schlanger about her work, why she's fascinated by the themes of language and displacement, and how her writing was deeply influenced by the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan.

The full interview with Zehra Naqviis available onour podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Interview with Zehra Naqviproduced by Cora Nijhawan.