Many of the poems in English are set in New York City around the events of September 11, 2001. In the faux prologue poem 'About the Author', the narrator finds himself 'on Sixth, watching ruin, with / a handful of rain and a prophecy': a citizen of no country except the republic that gives the book its title, the Republic of English. Here, English is more than a language. It is a river of the world.
- ISBN10 0670097535
- ISBN13 9780670097531
- Publish Date 5 December 2022
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country IN
- Publisher Penguin Random House India
- Imprint Penguin Hamish Hamilton
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English