From the Author of Illiterate Heart (winner of the PEN Open Book Prize) , a brilliant new collection of poems treading themes of migration, war, dislocation, conflict, love and divinity with a distinct and concise vocabulary full of grace and precision. Praise for Birthplace with Buried Stones: 'With one hand on the things and textures of the material world and the other reaching into the mysteries beyond us, Meena Alexander does what poetry does best, conveying ...