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Memorials and the yearning to re-create the past permeate this new collection by award-winning poet Gill. The voices of East Indian communities and families speak up, reminding readers that history is not just what is recorded in documents and ledgers, but is a mixture of smells, tastes, and textures.

Produktbeschreibung
Memorials and the yearning to re-create the past permeate this new collection by award-winning poet Gill. The voices of East Indian communities and families speak up, reminding readers that history is not just what is recorded in documents and ledgers, but is a mixture of smells, tastes, and textures.
Autorenporträt
Kuldip Gill was born in Faridkot District, Punjab, India. She immigrated to Canada at age five and then attended school in the Fraser Valley. She worked in the forestry and mining industries for twenty years and then obtained her PhD in anthropology from UBC. She has taught at UBC, SFU, and at the Open Learning Agemcy. She taught a creative writing class at the University College of the Fraser Valley. Her poetry has aired on radio and has appeared in periodicals such as Event, BC Studies, Contemporary Verse 2 , and AMSSA-Cultures West. She served on the editorial board of Prism International. Gill's first book of poetry, Dharma Rasa (Nightwood Editions), was a winner of a BC 2000 Book Award. Kuldip Gill passed away May 2009.