Atmospheric Embroidery morphs the metaphor of migration, compounded out of memory, myth and varied landscapes from multiple homes. With each poem, Alexander ...
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In this haunting collection of poems we travel through zones of violence to reach the crystalline depths of words: Meena Alexander writes, "So landscape ...
Meena Alexander reads three poems from her new collection, Atmospheric Embroidery, published by Northwestern University Press in June. Net Work.
In this first poem “Aesthetic Knowledge,” Alexander opens with the lines: “These are the practices of bodily art— / Burn an almond, collect the soot, mix it ...
Atmospheric Embroidery
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In this haunting collection of poems we travel through zones of violence to reach the crystalline depths of words: Meena Alexander writes, "So landscape becomes us, / Also an interior space bristling with light." ... Google Books
Originally published: 2015
Author: Meena Alexander
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In this haunting collection of poems we travel through zones of violence to reach the crystalline depths of words: Meena Alexander writes, "So landscape ...
Apr 11, 2019 · Meena Alexander's wide-ranging collection Atmospheric Embroidery raises important questions about how much poetry can help us to understand ...
Alexander reworks old material in new contexts. The Indian Ocean Blues and Darfur poems revisit her crossings of the Indian Ocean since the age of five. The ...
Nov 24, 2019 · Spanning half a globe, temporally unbound, this is a piece that speaks to an Indian poet weaving memories and reference points into an ...
Jun 15, 2018 · Description. In this haunting collection of poems we travel through zones of violence to reach the crystalline depths of words: Meena ...