Monday, May 12, 2014

Vijay Seshadri and Imaginary Number

Congratulations to Vijay Seshadri for being the first (as far as I can tell) Indian American to win a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Here is a link containing his poems: https://www.graywolfpress.org/news/three-poems-vijay-seshadris-3-sections.
Since I crossed path for the first time with imaginary numbers in my teens, I knew that they are not only useful, but are essential to the scientific progress of the world. However, who would think of writing a poem about them? I was simply floored by his poem Imaginary Number. Now, I have to read everything he wrote so far.