In Preeti Kaur Rajpal&rsquo\;s debut colle ction\, she searches for what it means to be part of the modern world with its many divisions and acts of violence. Writing through the memory of he r Sikh family&rsquo\;s violent expulsion during Historical India&rsquo\;s Partition\, she threads this history with her experiences as a Sikh Americ an woman during the post-9/11 era. The poems of membery weave mem ory\, Sikh spiritual tradition\, family\, country\, and language acquisiti on.
\nPreeti Kaur Rajpal's works can be found in The Sikh Review \, South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection\, and other publica tions. Her poems are anthologized in The World I Leave You: Asian Amer ican Poets Speak on Faith and Spirit and the forthcoming They Ris e Like a Wave: An Anthology of Asian American Women Poets. \;
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