02836nam 2200577 a 450 991077946690332120230607225146.00-8093-9028-01-299-05085-9(CKB)2550000000996700(EBL)1354637(OCoLC)856870443(SSID)ssj0000822628(PQKBManifestationID)11432533(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822628(PQKBWorkID)10755262(PQKB)10716551(MiAaPQ)EBC1354637(OCoLC)828869964(MdBmJHUP)muse25908(Au-PeEL)EBL1354637(CaPaEBR)ebr10654958(CaONFJC)MIL436335(EXLCZ)99255000000099670020010111d2001 uy pengur|n|---|||||txtccrTrain to Agra[electronic resource] /Vandana KhannaCarbondale Crab Orchard Review Southern Illinois University Pressc20011 online resource (70 p.)Crab Orchard award series in poetry : first book awardDescription based upon print version of record.0-8093-2405-9 Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Train to Agra; One; Spell; Blackwater Fever; Thread; Eyes; Dun; Stardust; On the Edge of Delhi; The India of Postcards; Two; Against Vallejo; Two Women; The Nook; Against Tu Fu; Hence, Monsoon; Domes; Alignment; The Palm Reader; Twentieth-Century Sita; Aurora; Denali; 4th Street Cemetery; Three; Screens; Blue Madonna; Lost; Plums; Elephant God; The Taming; Bowl; Bread; A Miracle in Blue Jeans; Hunger; When My Father Didn't Work; Hair; Dot Head; Echo; Evening Prayer; Crab Orchard Award Series in Poetry; Back CoverCalling upon two cultures, Vandana Khanna's Train to Agra meditates on the effects of displacement and expatriation on the construction of a young Indian American woman's identity. The physical journeys undertaken by the speaker reflect her inner journey from immigrant child to Indian American woman, struggling to find her place between India and America, Krishna and Jesus, samosas and hamburgers. The speaker constantly tries to recapture visions, smells, and sounds of her childhood and her travels, but cannot do so without imagination. Her memory fails her, so through metaCrab Orchard award series in poetry.East Indian AmericansPoetryIndiaPoetryEast Indian Americans811/.54Khanna Vandana1972-1472550MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779466903321Train to Agra3685385UNINA