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Fault lines

by Meena Alexander

American PoetsBiographyEast Indian AmericansIndic PoetsPoets, AmericanPoets, IndicSocial life and customsWomen and literature

"FAULT LINES follows the life of poet and scholar Meena Alexander, who was born into a privileged childhood in India and raised in the Sudan before moving to England and then to New York City, where she reflects on her existence as a South Asian woman after 9/11. Writing across topics such as poetry, language, family, culture, and memory, this new edition of the memoir features a commemorative afterword by Gaiutra Bahadur in the wake of Meena Alexander's passing in 2018"--

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Book data: Open Library