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  • Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry
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  • Edited by Neelanjana Banerjee, Summi Kaipa, and Pireeni Sundaralingam
  • 2010
  • Published by: University of Arkansas Press
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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.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
  2. pp. iii-v
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-xiii
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  1. Editors’ Preface
  2. pp. xv-xvii
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  1. Thank Yous
  2. p. xviii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. xix-xxx
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  1. REETIKA VAZIRANI
  2. pp. 3-6
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  1. VANDANA KHANNA
  2. pp. 7-11
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  1. MOHAMMAD FAISAL HADI
  2. pp. 12-15
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  1. MAYA KHOSLA
  2. pp. 16-21
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  1. TANUJA MEHROTRA
  2. pp. 22-29
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  1. VIJAY SESHADRI
  2. pp. 30-34
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  1. BHANU KAPIL
  2. pp. 35-37
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  1. VIKAS MENON
  2. pp. 38-41
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  1. SUMMI KAIPA
  2. pp. 42-45
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  1. MINAL HAJRATWALA
  2. pp. 46-53
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  1. CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI
  2. pp. 54-61
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  1. SEJAL SHAH
  2. pp. 62-65
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  1. NEELANJANA BANERJEE
  2. pp. 66-68
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  1. AMARNATH RAVVA
  2. pp. 69-76
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  1. MYTILI JAGANNATHAN
  2. pp. 77-79
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  1. SRIKANTH REDDY
  2. pp. 80-87
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  1. PRAGEETA SHARMA
  2. pp. 88-90
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  1. SASHA KAMINI PARMASAD
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  1. VIVEK JAIN
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  1. RO GUNETILLEKE
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  1. AMITAVA KUMAR
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  1. SACHIN B. PATEL
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  1. BUSHRA REHMAN
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  1. SHAILJA PATEL
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  1. SUDEEP SEN
  2. pp. 129-132
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  1. AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL
  2. pp. 133-136
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  1. RAVI CHANDRA
  2. pp. 137-139
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  1. RALPH NAZARETH
  2. pp. 140-142
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  1. MEENA ALEXANDER
  2. pp. 143-147
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  1. FAISAL MOHYUDDIN
  2. pp. 148-156
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  1. DILRUBA AHMED
  2. pp. 157-163
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  1. PRAMILA VENKATESWARAN
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  1. BHARGAVI C. MANDAVA
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  1. REENA NARAYAN
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  1. HOMRAJ ACHARYA
  2. pp. 176-180
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  1. R. PARTHASARATHY
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  1. PURVI SHAH
  2. pp. 187-190
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  1. KAZIM ALI
  2. pp. 191-193
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  1. MONICA FERRELL
  2. pp. 194-197
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  1. RAVI SHANKAR
  2. pp. 198-201
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  1. VINAY DHARWADKER
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  1. ARYANIL MUKHERJEE
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  1. INDRAN AMIRTHANAYAGAM
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  1. SWATI RANA
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  1. SUBHASHINI KALIGOTLA
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  1. MONA ALI
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  1. AGHA SHAHID ALI
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  1. PIREENI SUNDARALINGAM
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  1. JEET THAYIL
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  1. Acknowledgments
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  1. Author Index
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  1. Title Index [Includes Back Cover]
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