Book Review: A Life in Poems: A Memoir Poetry – Growing up in the 90s by Nila Menon

Arsh Ansari reviews Nila Menon’s A Life in Poems, a verse memoir exploring the intergenerational inheritance of duty, silence, and unspoken sadness. While the reviewer critiques certain repetitive writing habits and overly abstract passages, they ultimately praise the book's poignant depiction of a woman navigating chronic illness and family expectations to achieve hard-won independence.