Nitheeshreddy Gaddam’s autobiographical exploration in Two Hearts & Two Bodies follows him on a journey through love, both cerebral and carnal. Interspersed throughout the text are simple, but moving poems inspired by the most genuine human emotion, a young man’s first love. Like the experience of most young men, Nitheesh’s love becomes his whole universe, She carries the fire of the sun/ in her eyes,/and the kindness of the moon/in her heart. And with all the innocent trappings of youth, he projects all the beautiful potential that he has within onto his girl until her abandonment overcomes him. How do I know what love is/ when people tied my hands/ and threw me in the middle of an ocean? After time passes and he recovers, a second dazzling figure moves into his life. His heart once again opens and his trust is once again lost in a sad betrayal....