Indivisible
An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry
Publication Year: 2010
Published by: University of Arkansas Press
Cover
Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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pp. iii-v
Contents
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pp. vii-xiii
Editors’ Preface
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pp. xv-xvii
Indivisible is the first anthology to showcase American poets whose ancestral roots lie in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The shape of the current book grew and metamorphosed over several years after we were approached by the literary publicist Kim McMillon. Kim originally suggested that we compile a short selection of local South Asian American poets, as a response to the fact that many of these voices had been diminished by the tide...
Thank Yous
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pp. xviii-
We would like to express our gratitude to Kim McMillon for planting that first seed; to Sunyoung Lee, Jannie Dresser, Ravi Shankar, and Hayan Charara for their advice and fellowship; to Colm � Riain for his Web site wizardry; to Erik Dreher for his keen artistic eye and consummate skill in cutting up saris; and, most especially, to Khaled Mattawa for his verve, vision, and practicality. We owe all eight of you thanks for your generous gifts of time and friendship;
Introduction
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pp. xix-xxx
South Asian American poets have roots in a multiplicity of languages, cultures, and faiths. As a result, there will always be inherent contradictions in grouping together writers of such differing backgrounds. However, the experience of living and writing in the United States ensures that these poets share at least one thing in common: they are all active participants in the world of American literature. In compiling this anthology, we aim to encourage both...
REETIKA VAZIRANI
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pp. 3-6
It’s a Young Country.; From the Postcard at Vertigo Bookstore in D.C.; It’s Me, I’m Not Home; Aerogram Punjab
MOHAMMAD FAISAL HADI
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pp. 12-15
My Uncle, Failing to Slaughter the Goat of His 12th Eid; Fatima; Public Benefits
MAYA KHOSLA
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pp. 16-21
Oppenheimer quotes The Bhagavad Gita; Return to Grand Canyon; Sequoia Sempervirens; Under Wolf-Paw
VIJAY SESHADRI
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pp. 30-34
The Disappearances; Elegy; The Dream I Didn’t Have; Memoir
MINAL HAJRATWALA
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pp. 46-53
Angerfish; Miss Indo-America dreams; Generica/America
CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI
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pp. 54-61
Yuba City School; The Geography Lesson; Two Women Outside a Circus, Pushkar; Indian Movie, New Jersey
SEJAL SHAH
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pp. 62-65
Everybody’s Greatest Hits; Accordion; Independence, Iowa
AMARNATH RAVVA
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pp. 69-76
I Am Burning a Pig in My Room, Apollinaire; Bear Scat Flat; the spectacle of a few trees in spring, off the 5.
SRIKANTH REDDY
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pp. 80-87
Jungle Book; Scarecrow Eclogue; Fundamentals of Esperanto; Corruption
PRAGEETA SHARMA
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pp. 88-90
Paper; Paper II; I Cannot Forget You; In Open Water, In Mathematical Star
VIVEK JAIN
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pp. 96-98
Poem for a Would Be Revolutionary, My Father; Anand’s Story; December, 1984
SACHIN B. PATEL
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pp. 111-116
In the Business of Erasing History; The Blacktop Gospels
BUSHRA REHMAN
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pp. 117-119
Ami’s Cassettes; At the Museum of Natural History; The Difference
AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL
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pp. 133-136
The Mascot of Beavercreek High Breaks Her Silence; Fishbone; Last Aerogramme to You, With Lizard; Mr. Mustard’s Dance Club: Ladies’ Night
MEENA ALEXANDER
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pp. 143-147
River and Bridge; September Sunlight; Color of Home; Slow Dancing
FAISAL MOHYUDDIN
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pp. 148-156
Ayodhya; Blood Harmonies; Poem Inspired by a Note Found Scrawled onto the Inside Cover of One Day at a Time in Al-Anon Sitting on a Bookshelf at Caf�; Ambrosia, Evanston, Illinois
DILRUBA AHMED
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pp. 157-163
The 18th Century Weavers of Muslin Whose Thumbs Were Chopped; Learning; Invitation
R. PARTHASARATHY
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pp. 181-186
from Exile; The Concise Kamasutra; Remembered Village
PURVI SHAH
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pp. 187-190
Made in India, Immigrant Song #3; Unhoming; Nature’s Acre, POSTED
MONICA FERRELL
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pp. 194-197
Confessions of Beatrice D’Este; The Coin of Your Country; In the Binary Alleys of the Lion’s Virus; Love, the Kunstkammer Version
RAVI SHANKAR
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pp. 198-201
The Flock’s Reply to the Passionate Shepherd; Before Sunrise, San Francisco; Return to Mumbai
VINAY DHARWADKER
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pp. 202-204
A Draft of Excavations; Thirty Years Ago, in a Suburb of Bombay
ARYANIL MUKHERJEE
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pp. 205-208
after promise; treeforms :: the touch of language; memory writings :: picnic
INDRAN AMIRTHANAYAGAM
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pp. 209-213
Runner; Girl Dressed; The City, with Elephants
SUBHASHINI KALIGOTLA
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pp. 217-219
Lepidoptera; Letter to New York; My Heart Belongs to Daddy
AGHA SHAHID ALI
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pp. 225-230
A Pastoral; Ghazal; Footnote to History; At the Museum
PIREENI SUNDARALINGAM
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pp. 231-233
Lot’s Wives; Vermont, 1885; Language Like Birds
JEET THAYIL
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pp. 234-239
September 10, 2001; from Premonition; Letter from a Mughal Emperor, 2006; Flight
Acknowledgments
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pp. 241-248
HOMRAJ ACHARYA, “The Silk-Cotton Tree.” Copyright © 2001 by Homraj Acharya. Originally appeared in Salt Hill Journal. Reprinted by permission of the author. “The Kerosene Stove.” Copyright © 2001 by Homraj Acharya. Originally appeared in Strategic Confusion. Reprinted by permission of the author. DILRUBA AHMED, “Invitation.” Copyright © 2005 by Dilruba Ahmed.
Author Index
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pp. 249-250
Title Index [Includes Back Cover]
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pp. 251-254
E-ISBN-13: 9781610752077
E-ISBN-10: 1610752074
Print-ISBN-13: 9781557289315
Print-ISBN-10: 155728931X
Page Count: 220
Publication Year: 2010
