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Birthplace with Buried Stones

Poems

Birthplace with Buried Stones( )
Author: Alexander, Meena
ISBN:978-0-8101-5239-7
Publication Date:Sep 2013
Publisher:Northwestern University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.95
Book Description:

The poems in Birthplace with Buried Stones range widely over time and place, from Alexander's native India to New York City. We see traces of mythology, ritual, and other languages. Uniquely attuned to life in a globalized world, Alexander's poetry is an apt guide, bringing us face to face with the power of a single moment and its capacity to evoke the unseen and unheard.

Book Details
Pages:140
Detailed Subjects: Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.125 x 8.5 x 0.4 Inches
Author Biography
Alexander, Meena (Author)
Meena Alexander was born Mary Elizabeth Alexander in Allahabad, India on February 17, 1951. She received a bachelor's degree in English and French at the University of Khartoum in 1969 and a Ph.D. in English at the University of Nottingham in 1973. She taught at the University of Delhi, the University of Hyderabad, Fordham University, the City University of New York Graduate Center, and Hunter College.

She wrote numerous volumes of poetry, two novels, and a memoir entitled Fault Lines. Her collections of poetry included Stone Roots, House of a Thousand Doors, Illiterate Heart, Poetics of Dislocation, Birthplace with Buried Stones, and Atmospheric Embroidery. Her novels included Nampally Road and Manhattan Music. She died from endometrial serous cancer on November 21, 2018 at the age of 67.

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