my mother is a mixed metaphor | Rockwood Press

If you are in the US and would like to order a copy, you can buy the chapbook here

my mother is a mixed metaphor by Shivani Gupta — Rockwood Press

Playful, moving and inventive poems that describe an ever-evolving love story between mother and daughter.

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If you are in India and would like to order a copy, you can buy the chapbook here

My mother is a mixed metaphor

Authored by our creative partner Shivani Gupta, My mother is a mixed metaphor is a collection of shared experiences, memories and articulations of love between her and her mother. Though they currently reside thousands of miles away, this book feels like a comforting voice note from an alternate universe.�  Publisher: Rockwood Press�  Released: 2026 - March Format: chapbook, acid-free paper, silk coverExplore more of� Shivani's works here

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Read the interview in the Chicago Reader

Shivani Gupta’s debut poetry book centers her relationship with her mother - Chicago Reader

The poetry of Shivani Gupta, drenched in personal memory, masters the delicate craft of creating space for a reader to see themselves

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Praise for the chapbook:

SOPHIE HOWARTH, author of Everyday Wonder and co-founder of The School of Life

"Playful, moving and inventive poems that describe an ever-evolving love story between mother and daughter. Gupta is an astoundingly talented new poetic voice. Wholehearted and multifaceted, this is a glorious collection that celebrates the multitude of ways mother-daughter love can be expressed."

T. DE LOS REYES, author of And Yet Held

"In my mother is a mixed metaphor, Shivani Gupta refuses the tidy immigrant daughter narrative. Through turmeric-stained memories and long-distance voice notes, Gupta writes with startling specifi city—moving between wit and wound—about loving her mother fi ercely while choosing a life thousands of miles away. This is brown daughterhood as inquiry, a collection that insists we can be both like and unlike our mothers and still keep 'reaching, reaching, reaching.'"

ANUJA JAISWAL, mother, sister, niece, and writer

"This collection captures the essence of so many shared experiences between mothers and daughters, the roles we play and how women disappear in their roles. It is also about witnessing your mother being capable of an unbounded life. Most of all, this collection is exceptionally special to me because of who it’s about."

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