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Author:
Alexander, Meena, 1951-2018 author.
Title:
Fault lines / a memoir by Meena Alexander ; preface by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo ; afterword by Gaiutra Bahadur.
Edition:
Third edition.
Publisher:
The Feminist Press at the City University of New York,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xi, 371 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject:
Alexander, Meena,--1951-2018.
Alexander, Meena,--1951-2018
East Indian Americans--New York--New York--Biography.
India--Social life and customs--20th century.
Poets, American--20th century--Biography.
Poets, Indic--20th century--Biography.
Women and literature--United States.
Women and literature--India.
East Indian Americans
Manners and customs
Poets, American
Poets, Indic
Women and literature
India
New York (State)--New York
United States
1900-1999
Biographies
Other Authors:
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938- writer of preface.
Bahadur, Gaiutra, 1975- writer of afterword.
Notes:
"First Feminist Press edition 1993"
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1936932997
9781936932993
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1191455941
LCCN:
2020037824
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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