{"product_id":"fault-lines-a-memoir-9781936932993","title":"Fault Lines: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this evocative memoir, an acclaimed Indian poet explores writing, memory, and place in a post-9\/11 world. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassionate, fierce, and lyrical, \u003cem\u003eFault Lines \u003c\/em\u003efollows one woman's evolution as a writer at home-and in exile-across continents and cultures. Meena Alexander was born into a privileged childhood in India and grew into a turbulent adolescence in the Sudan, before moving to England and then New York City. With poetic insight and devastating honesty, Alexander explores how trauma and recovery shaped the entire landscape of her memory: of her family, her writing process, and her very self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition, published on the two-year anniversary of Alexander's passing in 2018, will feature a commemorative afterword celebrating her legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Alexander's writing is imbued with a poetic grace shot through with an inner violence, like a shimmering piece of two-toned silk.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e -Ms. \u003c\/em\u003emagazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Evocative and moving.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most important literary voices in South Asian American writing and American letters broadly writ, Meena Alexander's close examination of exile and migration lays bare the heart of a poet.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Rajiv Mohabir, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Cowherd's Son\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeena Alexander\u003c\/strong\u003e (1951 - 2018) was born in Allahabad, India. She was raised both in Kerala, South India and in Khartoum, Sudan. Her many books include \u003cem\u003eIlliterate Heart, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Praise of Fragments\u003c\/em\u003e, and the critically acclaimed memoir \u003cem\u003eFault Lines\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlexander was the recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award in Literature from the South Asian Literary Association for contributions to American literature. In 2014, Meena Alexander was named a National Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study. She was Distinguished Professor of English and Women's Studies at the City University of New York and taught in the PhD Program in English at CUNY Graduate Center and in the English Department at Hunter College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614079783186,"sku":"9781936932993","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c60b124-8163-4b2c-ae56-908041b00063.jpg?v=1732427000","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fault-lines-a-memoir-9781936932993","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}