Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian Poetry

The first anthology of its kind, Indivisible brings together forty-nine American poets who trace their roots to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Featuring award-winning poets including Meena Alexander, Agha Shahid Ali, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and Vijay Seshadri, here are poets who share a long history of grappling with a multiplicity of languages, cultures, and faiths. The poems gathered here take us from basketball courts to Bollywood, from the Grand Canyon to sugar plantations, and from Hindu-Muslim riots in India to anti-immigrant attacks on the streets of post–9/11 America. Showcasing a diversity of forms, from traditional ghazals and sestinas to free verse, experimental writing, and slam poetry, Indivisible presents 141 poems by authors who are rewriting the cultural and literary landscape of their time and their place. Includes biographies of each poet. Brings together American poets who trace their roots to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Featuring award winning writers including Meena Alexander, Agha Shahid Ali, and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, this collection showcases a unique group of poets grapping with a diversity of languages, cultures, and faiths. The poems gathers here take us from basketball courts to Bollywood, from the Grand Canyon to sugar plantations, and from Hindu-Muslim riots in India to anti-immigrant attcks on the streets of post-9/11 America. -- From back cover This is the first anthology to showcase American poems claiming identities from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Here are forty nine poets, including long-established poets like Agha Shahid Ali, Vijay Seshadri, and Meena Alexander and dozens of younger award-winning authors such as Srikanth Reddy, Monica Ferrell, and Maya Khosla. The poets in this anthology engage in a vibrant diversity of poetic styles and map out a rich terrain where American and South Asia intertwine. An anthology that showcases American poems claiming identities from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Title Page Copyright Pages Table of Contents Back Cover