![]() ![]() ![]() Through the poems in this volume, theauthor explores the loss of "desh" or homeland for immigrants whose land ofbirth becomes a foreign geography, despite its stronghold on memory andembodied longing. The poet creates a lush landscapeof contrasts and paradoxes, scenes that include women in saris inNiagara Falls, Punjabi lullabies and the music of teen suburbia in the 1960s-Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton. In" Reading Like a Girl, "Rishma Dunlop explores themes of immigration, Punjabi Sikh heritage, suburban life in the late 1950s and 1960s, diasporicand hybrid identity, the construction of a life through reading literature, comic book heroes and postcolonial education. Through the poems in this volume, theauthor explores. ![]() ![]()
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