Carolina Hotchandani’s debut, "The Book Eaters," examines shifts in identity due to Partition, immigration, illness, and birth. "The Book Eaters" is also a study in belonging—to bodies, memories, stories, selves, families, and cultures. Hotchandani’s poems interrogate what it means to be full or empty. Even as they explore unraveling—through the metaphor of insects that devour the very pages we produce—these poems are tightly woven into an exquisitely crafted, cohesive collection.