Atmospheric Embroidery is divided into five sections, leading off with the header “Fragments in Praise of the Book,” naming what is to follow: “Book of alphabets burnt so that truth can be told.” The lyrical impulse is strong here, and I feel it should be allowed more play in her www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins. Atmospheric Embroidery by Meena Alexander. Reviewed by Shikha Malaviya. In the s, I discovered the poetry of Meena Alexander through her groundbreaking book, The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience. At the time, I was constantly searching for alternative voices and experiences that echoed my own hyphenated identity as a British-born Indian American, a lived . Atmospheric Embroidery: Poems. Meena Alexander. Northwestern University Press, - Poetry - pages. 0 Reviews.
Meena Alexander was born in Allahabad, India, in Her poetry collections include Atmospheric Embroidery (TriQuarterly Books, ). Born in Allahabad, India, poet Meena Alexander was raised in Kerala and Sudan. She earned a BA at Khartoum University and a PhD at Nottingham University. Described as "undoubtedly one of the finest poets of contemporary times" by The Statesman (India), she was the author of numerous collections of poetry, including Atmospheric Embroidery (), Birthplace with Buried Stones (), and. From time to time I wear a crown of blood streaked grass. — Meena Alexander. It has been a great honor to create embroideries in critique of and in conversation with Meena Alexander's most recent poetry collection, Atmospheric Embroidery.I first encountered Meena's work when I was in high school, where I was one of approximately eight hundred students in my graduating class.
Meena Alexander reads three poems from her new collection, Atmospheric Embroidery, published by Northwestern University Press in June. Net Work. She cut off all her hair, Scampered down a staircase, skinned her knees. Years later she pinched herself awake Hearing words in a foreign language, Books she longed to read, smudged with sunlight. Atmospheric Embroidery by Meena Alexander. reviewed by Carmen Bugan. Meena Alexander’s wide-ranging collection Atmospheric Embroidery raises important questions about how much poetry can help us to understand the suffering of others. Alexander, who died at the end of last year, was born in India and lived in America for the last quarter-century of her life, but she also spent time in several other countries, including Sudan and England. “Alexander’s language is precise, her syntax is pellucid, and her poems address all of the senses, offering a simultaneous richness and simplicity.”—A. E. Stallings, author of Olives: Poems “In Atmospheric Embroidery, Meena Alexander takes us on her magic carpet ride of language and image.
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