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.
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Where Do You Come From? ... Meena Alexander meditates on her transnational upbringing and interrogates the question of one's origins. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
He looked me in the eye: You will lose weight,. Become more and more tired. This kind will not enter your bones or brain.
In the dog days of summer as muslin curls on its own heat. And crickets cry in the black walnut tree. The wind lifts up my life.
For My Father, Karachi 1947 · Raw Meditations on Money, 1. She Speaks: A School Teacher from South India · Dog Days of Summer · Cadenza · Lychees · Birthplace ...
Nov 26, 2018 · Alexander, 67, who described herself as woman “cracked by multiple migrations” was born in Allahabad and raised in Kerala and Sudan. She called ...
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Birthplace with Buried Stones ... A west wind from the plains with its arbitrary arsenal: Torn sails from the Ganga river,. Bits of spurned silk,. Strips of jute ...
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To be reaped, flagrant, immortal. Meena Alexander, "Cadenza" from Quickly Changing River. Copyright ...
Write in the light of all the languages you know the earth contains, you murmur in my ear. This is pure transport. From Illiterate Heart by Meena Alexander.