Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning author and poet. Her themes include women, immigration, the South Asian experience, history, myth, magic, and celebrating diversity. She writes both for adults and children. Her latest work, One Amazing Thing, was published in 2010.

Divakaruni is also the author of Arranged Marriage, which won an American Book Award. Her other works, The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart, have been made into films. In addition, Divakaruni is an acclaimed poet whose collection, Leaving Yuba City, won a Pushcart Prize, an Allen Ginsberg Prize and a Gerbode Foundation award. Her writing has been published in over 50 magazines, including the Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker, and been included in over 50 anthologies. Her works have been translated into 20 languages, including Dutch, Hebrew, Russian, and Japanese.

The author was born in India and lived there until 1976, when she left Calcutta and came to the United States. She earned a master’s degree in English from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

http://www.chitradivakaruni.com/

 
 

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Wounded Border/Frontera Herida: Readings on the Tijuana/San Diego Region and Beyond

Astute scholars from California examine the geopolitical dynamics of the U.S.-Mexican border in this eye-opening anthology.  They have not only studied, but given voice to those subjected to the inhumane conditions created by a geographical boundary and its attendant globalization policies.  Each contributor combines  historical context and  analysis with fascinating narratives that deepen our understanding of topics such as the criminalization and trauma suffered by deportees; the horrors of daily living in Juarez; NAFTA’s environmental destruction; and the role of Mexican workers and immigrants in labor struggles in Mexico and the U.S.  Contributors include David Bacon; Victor Clark-Alfaro; Belinda C. Lum and Thomas E. Reifer; Maura I. Toro-Morn and Nilda Flores-Gonzalez; Martha Escobar; Sharon Allen; Justin Akers Chacón ; Jill Holsin; Pedro F. Quijada ; and David Shmidt . The anthology is published by City Works Press and is edited by Justin Akers Chacón and Enríque Dávalos..

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