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In Praise of Fragments is a collection of various and inter-related works, including a sequence of poems written about Venetian Jewish poet Sarra Copia Sulam (1592–1641), lyric essays about Venice, a suite of poems about Hyderabad, where Alexander lived for many years, and a series of brief sketches of memoir about her childhood in Kerala, the subject of her groundbreaking memoir Fault Lines. The writings are accompanied by a series of sumi ink drawings by Alexander and an afterword by Leah Suffrant.

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"From Venice to Hyderabad via Washington Heights, the poet’s last initiatory journeys: delicate and powerful evocations of a family history, of a Venetian Jewish woman writer, of herself till the end connecting words and worlds."—Marilyn Hacker

In Praise of Fragments

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    A Paperback / softback by Meena Alexander, Leah Souffrant

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      Publisher: Nightboat Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/03/2020
      ISBN13: 9781643620121, 978-1643620121
      ISBN10: 1643620126

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In Praise of Fragments is a collection of various and inter-related works, including a sequence of poems written about Venetian Jewish poet Sarra Copia Sulam (1592–1641), lyric essays about Venice, a suite of poems about Hyderabad, where Alexander lived for many years, and a series of brief sketches of memoir about her childhood in Kerala, the subject of her groundbreaking memoir Fault Lines. The writings are accompanied by a series of sumi ink drawings by Alexander and an afterword by Leah Suffrant.

      Trade Review
      "From Venice to Hyderabad via Washington Heights, the poet’s last initiatory journeys: delicate and powerful evocations of a family history, of a Venetian Jewish woman writer, of herself till the end connecting words and worlds."—Marilyn Hacker

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