A Curated Heart

A forensic record of survival, A Curated Heart explores the architecture of the internal "Room"—a space built on precision and the desperate need to keep the world out. Through twenty-one clinical yet intimate poems, Anarghya Gunashekaran inventories the rituals and objects we use to curate our pain into something manageable. The journey tracks a systemic collapse: from the rigid "Edit" of self-preservation to the raw reality of the "Unlearning." This is a book for those standing in the wreckage, refusing easy metaphors, and learning that presence is the only prize.