Anurima Banerji

Anurima Banerji was born in Ottawa, Ontario. In 1999 she completed an M.A. in the area of culture studies at McGill University, submitting a dissertation entitled The Question of Culture in Derivatives of Marxist Theory. Banerji is also a performance artist. She completed both a second masters degree and a Ph.D. in Performance Studies at New York University. Banerji now teaches in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.

Poetry

Night Artillery: Poems

Toronto: TSAR, 2000.

Publisher’s Synopsis

Keenly aware of Persian mystical love concepts, and with a trained eye on Hindu mythology, these passionate poems explore the territories of love, the longings of the body, and the pains of loss and exile.