Published by the Feminist Press at the City University of New York
The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5406, New York, NY 10016
Copyright © 1993, “Book of Childhood” © 2003 by Meena Alexander
Preface copyright © 2003 by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
First edition 1993
All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Alexander, Meena, 1951-
Fault lines : a memoir / by Meena Alexander ; with a new preface by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.—Rev. and expanded ed.
p. cm. (The cross-cultural memoir series)
eISBN 978-155861-733-9
1. Alexander, Meena, 1951- 2. East Indian Americans—New York (State)—New York—Biography. 3. India—Social life and customs—20th century. 4. Poets, American—20th century—Biography. 5. Poets, Indian—20th century—Biography. 6. Women and literature—United States. 7. Women and literature—India. 8. New York (N.Y.)—Biography. I. Title. II. Series
PR9499.3.A46Z466 2003
811'.54—dc22
2003049504
This publication is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Feminist Press would also like to thank Mariam K. Chamberlain, Nancy Hoffman, Florence Howe, Joanne Markell, and Genevieve Vaughan for their generosity.