Sinew of the Social Species — Ashim Shanker

Meditations on Connections Lost (2003-2014): Poetry, short fiction, and autobiographical writing on transculturation, fragmented identity, and the disintegration of human connection in the midst of a frantic search for individual purpose. Written in Japan over the course of the author's 11-year stay, Sinew of the Social Species includes such poems as lesser animal and This Most Heartfelt Sacrilege, short stories such as The Replacement Crier, and an assortment of other poetry and prose writings.