Author Highlight: Tasnima Yasmin Discusses her New Book ‘Silhouette and Other Poems’ and Stories from her Life
We are back with another author interview. Today, with us, we have Tasnima– the author of ‘ Silhouette and Other Poems ’. Here, she talks about her journey as a writer from a young age and her latest collection of poetry. She also offers some great insights and tips into writing poetry. Yasmin, what attracted you to poetry? As it's a trend among new young writers to write more about love and college stories? What made you to choose something different? I have always enjoyed reading and writing poetry. I was introduced to poetry at a very young age by my mother who would read children’s rhymes and poems to me. I took more interest writing it down at the age of about 6 or so. I used to maintain a notebook and that practice remained with me till school ended. Much of this book is a result of many such notebook entries. More recently I’ve moved to writing on my laptop. Do you read poetry? Is there any poet who influenced you heavily? I read a lot of poetry. I am pa...