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“... Has anyone ever written a satirical account of the first meeting between Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre? In an age when victims long to be mocked, in a country where satire is an essential part of the cultural heritage, and with two principals who have together inspired much controversy and aroused much dislike, the apparent absence of ridicule must be significant ...”

“... 2020, ‘Notes on Arrival’, a statement so untrue in its truthfulness that it reminds me of what Marianne Moore used to say to her delighted audiences: ‘I’m called a poet because there’s nowhere else to put me.’ Like Moore, Kapil’s poems coalesce brilliantly and unpredictably from accidents and keep the feeling of vulnerability. ‘It’s so ...”