Atmospheric Embroidery: Poems

by Meena Alexander

In this haunting collection of poems we travel through zones of violence to reach the crystalline depths of words: Meena Alexander writes, "So landscape becomes us, / Also an interior space bristling with light." At the heart of this book is the poem cycle "Indian Ocean Blues," a sustained meditation on the journey of the poet as a young child from India to Sudan. There are poems inspired by the drawings of children from war-torn Darfur and others...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810137607
• ISBN13: 9780810137608
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Triquarterly Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.3"