Author Pages | Meena Alexander
Biography
Meena Alexander is the author of several highly acclaimed books of poetry and
prose, including the memoir Fault Lines (named one of the best books of
1993 by Publishers Weekly), the novel Nampally Road (a VLS Editor’s
Choice in 1991), a volume of poems River and Bridge, and the novel Sandhya
Rosenblum. Her writing has appeared in publications such as The New York
Times Magazine, Daedalus, Poetry Review (UK), and Grand Street,
and has been translated into Malayalam, Hindi, Arabic, French, Italian, and German.
Alexander is Professor of English and Women’s Studies at the Graduate Center
and Hunter College, City University of New York, and Lecturer in Poetry in the
Writing Program at Columbia University.
South End Press titles by Meena Alexander
The Shock of Arrival
Reflections on Postcolonial Experience |
The Shock of Arrival
Reflections on Postcolonial Experience |