Sum of me

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About the Book: Sum of Me is a moving collection of lyrical expressions that anatomize Aanya Raghunath’s reflections on a wide array of themes, including time, nature, aging, love, and identity. Bearing testimony to her literary talents, appearing in this collection is an enriching poem titled, ‘The Sequoia Tree’ which was the recipient of the Gold Award at the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition'23. Profoundly thought-provoking, Sum of Me details the various processes and aspects of her everyday life, excavating her thoughts and motivations, with radical honesty and incisive clarity. Conjuring rich interior psyches and exterior landscapes, this inventive collection of poems, which are accompanied by evocative artworks drawn by Raghunath, will stir the innermost chords of your heart and remain with you long after you’ve read it. About the Author: Aanya Raghunath is a high school student at the Step by Step School in Noida, India. For her, poetry is not a literary form, but a fundamental way of engaging with the world through inhabiting diverse contexts, perspectives, and subjectivities. Staying true to her convictions, Aanya began painting and writing at the tender age of 12 and the present collection is a testimony to her multifaceted engagements with the world.