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General Information:
Full Name: Meena Alexander
Biography:
(1951-2018) Poet. Meena Alexander was born in Allahabad, India, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Author's Timeline:
1951 (Unknown) County
Meena Alexander was born Mary Elizabeth Alexander in Allahabad, India, on February 17, 1951. 
2018 New York County
Meena Alexander died in Manhattan, New York, on November 21, 2018. 
1987 New York County
Ms. Alexander began teaching at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan, New York, in 1987. 
1993 (Unknown) County
Fault Lines
(Pub: Penguin Books ISBN: 0140236783 / 978-0140236781)
Memoir. 
2002 (Unknown) County
Illiterate Heart
(Pub: Triquarterly ISBN: 0810151170 / 978-0810151178)
Poetry collection. 
2009 (Unknown) County
Poetics of Dislocation
(Pub: University of Michigan Press ISBN: 0472070762 / 978-0472070763)
Nonfiction. 
1980 Bronx County
Ms. Alexander taught at Fordham University from about 1980 until 1987. 
1981 (Unknown) County
Stone Roots
(Pub: Arnold-Heinemann, India ISBN: 0862491096 / 978-0862491093)
Poetry collection. 
1988 (Unknown) County
House of a Thousand Doors
(Pub: Passeggiata Press ISBN: 0894105531 / 978-0894105531)
Poetry collection. 
2013 (Unknown) County
Birthplace With Buried Stones
(Pub: Triquarterly ISBN: 0810152398 / 978-0810152397)
Poetry collection. 
2018 (Unknown) County
Atmospheric Embroidery
(Pub: Triquarterly ISBN: 0810137607 / 978-0810137608)
Poetry collection. 
1991 (Unknown) County
Nampally Road
(Pub: Mercury House ISBN: 0916515826 / 978-0916515829)
Novel. 
1997 (Unknown) County
Manhattan Music
(Pub: Mercury House ISBN: 1562790927 / 978-1562790929)
Novel. 
2018 New York County
Ms. Alexander lived in Manhattan, New York. 
1999 (Unknown) County
The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience
(Pub: South End Press ISBN: 0896085457 / 978-0896085459)
Nonfiction. 
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