'We rarely turn to poetry to parse historical truths, preferring to dissect ‘non-fiction’ narratives about the past, only accepting truth in the form of inviolable fact. Manisha Anjali’s debut poetry collection, Naag Mountain, envisions dream and truth in tandem. Her work testifies to poetry’s power to resist propaganda—with lush and mythic imagery, she retells stories of forced removal and oppression in her community’s vocabulary.' (Introduction)