Meena Alexander an award winning poet and scholar has new work forthcoming in June 2018: her eighth book of poetry Atmospheric Embroidery (TriQuarterly Books/ Northwestern University Press); and Yale University Press will publish her edited volume, drawing on work by Twentieth Century Indian writers in several languages – Name me a Word: Indian Writers Reflect on Writing. She is Distinguished Professor of English at The Graduate Center / Hunter College, City University of New York.
