K Roselyn Miachieo's debut book 'The Morphing Years' released
‘The Morphing Years’, the debut book of K Roselyn Miachieo, was formally released at The Common Room in Kohima.
- KOHIMA — ‘The
Morphing Years’, the debut book of K Roselyn Miachieo, was formally released at
The Common Room in Kohima on Tuesday, marking PenThrill’s 103rd publication.
- Adenuo Shirat Luikham, assistant professor in the department
of English at Don Bosco College, Kohima, released the book — a collection of 26
poems written over five to six years, starting when the author was 18 years
old.
- Miachieo, who turned 25 on Tuesday, said she found living
the dream her 18-year-old self held onto for so long. She added that the
collection is a small part of her but very dear to her heart.
Roselyn Miachieo (second from left) along with others during
the release of her debut book at The Common Room, Kohima, on Tuesday. (EM
images)
- "When I started writing this collection in college,
nearly five or six years ago, I revisited a lot of places and people that I
came across who moved me to write something, whether the experience was good or
bad. I believe for most of us who write, there is quite a need to document
emotions and feelings in words because sometimes the things we harbour in our
hearts are too heavy to be said and voiced in day-to-day conversations,"
the author noted.
- She named the collection ‘The Morphing Years’ because it
lightly condenses her formative years. She explained that it covers a range of
experiences, from self-deprecation to self-tolerance, feeling joyfully insignificant
in the face of nature and coping with the loss of her father to finding comfort
in friendship, falling in love with writing, healing from trauma, and
navigating life as the daughter of a single mother.
- The author hopes that through her book, readers will find a
safe space to be seen, to be heard, and to heal.
