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Atmospheric Embroidery: Poems

Atmospheric Embroidery: Poems

by Meena Alexander (Author), Meena Alexander (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

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Synopsis

Poetic cycles that speak to journey and meditation are at the heart of Meena Alexander's latest collection, Atmospheric Embroidery. Metaphors of crossing borders, oceans, and war zones-the power within the journey-give depth to lyrical snapshots and narratives of Bombay and Bollywood, and war-torn stories through the eyes of children. These poems sing the blues of the Indian Ocean, wash up on the ports of Sudan, and scatter the streets of New York City.

Where does your story begin? This keepsake collection embroiders a poet's journey, a travel through worlds So landscape becomes us, / Also an interior space bristling with light. Atmospheric Embroidery expresses an art of repose and reflection on ourselves and connections beyond our borders.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 104
 Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 30 Jun 2018
ISBN 10: 0810137607
ISBN 13: 9780810137608

Media Reviews
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. Reading her is the pleasure of displacement, but also the sadness of inescapable loss. She makes me cry. She makes me happy. --Nell Painter, author of The History of White People and Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over
The beautiful paradox of Meena Alexander's art has always been found in the distillation of her epic human and spiritual experience into a pure and exquisite lyricism. That paradox and that lyricism are on triumphant display in this book. --Vijay Seshadri, Pulitzer prize-winning author of 3 Sections and The Long Meadow

From the real to the mythical to the fantastical, Meena Alexander takes the reader to vivid and unusual places. With motifs of birds and flight, intermingling with fire, Atmospheric Embroidery warbles and smolders in surprising and memorable ways. --Peter Kahn, co-editor, The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks
Author Bio
Meena Alexander is an award-winning author and scholar whose previous volumes of poetry include Birthplace with Buried Stones, Quickly Changing River, Raw Silk, and Illiterate Heart (winner of the PEN Open Book Award), all published by TriQuarterly/Northwestern. Her poetry has been translated into several languages and set to music. She is also the author of an acclaimed autobiography, Fault Lines, as well as two novels; an academic study, Women in Romanticism; and a collection of essays, Poetics of Dislocation. Alexander is Distinguished Professor of English at the City University of New York and teaches at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center.