We Are What We Are - Softcover

Banerjee, Lopamudra; Rice, Priscilla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1645602915 ISBN 13: 9781645602910

Publisher: Black Eagle Books, 2022

Synopsis

Long ago, in the folds and crevices of time, when an Indian-Bengali girl in West Bengal, India and a Mexican-multi-ethnic Latina girl in Texas, USA were germinating as poets, storytellers during the incubation period that generally characterizes girlhood, the essence of their words and their beings were accumulating in their consciousness, silently, yet surely. Those words, poems, monologues were in their gestation period, only to be born years later as precious pearls of their distinct identities in relation to their ethnicity, their gender roles et al. Decades later, both women as poets, artists, storytellers developed their voices in the universe as unique outbursts of culture, gender and thus, 'WE ARE WHAT WE ARE' was born, a manifesto of their unapologetic primal songs, a manifesto of their cumulative consciousness as women of letters.

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About the Authors

Lopamudra Banerjee is an author, poet, translator, editor with seven books and five anthologies in fiction and poetry. She lives in Texas, USA where she also teaches Creative Writing at Texas Christian University. She has been a recipient of the Journey Awards (First Place category winner) for her memoir 'Thwarted Escape: An Immigrant's Wayward Journey', the International Reuel Prize for Poetry (2017) and International Reuel Prize for her English translation of Nobel Laureate Tagore's selected works of fiction (2016). Lopamudra has published two critically acclaimed volumes of poetry, 'Let the Night Sing' and 'Woman and Her Muse', and her poetry has also been published in renowned platforms including 'Life in Quarantine', the Digital Humanities Archive of Stanford University. She has been a Featured Poet at Rice University, Houston in November 2019. Her recent publication 'Bakul Katha: Tale of the Emancipated Woman', her English translation of Ashapurna Devi's award-winning Bengali novel 'Bakul Katha' has received Honorable Mention at London Book Festival.

Priscilla Rice is a Dallas, Texas-based storyteller, actor, interpreter, and radio host. She's the co-host of "Pleasant Groove Open Mic" with Tamitha Curiel and Chris Curiel. She has a passion for arts advocacy, community, and language justice. She is also involved in "Pleasant Groove," an open mic founded by Tamitha Curiel and Chris Curiel, as well as "Tejana Cósmica," a collective of Tejana poets/storytellers. She is a member of the Da Grove Cohort: un taller for dreaming, a collective of artists using their talents and resources to uplift the community. As an actress, Priscilla has had the honor to work with Cara Mia Theatre Co, Bishops Arts Theatre, Artstillery, Dallas Children's Theatre, Kitchen Dog Theatre, and Eco Theatre. She is the former Vice Chair for the Arts and Culture Advisory Commission, currently residing in Pleasant Grove with her two sons Leo and Christiano."We Are What We Are' is her first book of poetry, a collaboration with fellow poet/author Lopamudra Banerjee.

Edition details

• Publisher: Black Eagle Books
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1645602915
• ISBN 13: 9781645602910
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 142