Dalal, Piyali Nath

Piyali Nath Dalal is the daughter of Meenakshi and Pabitra Dalal, and she grew up in Wayne, Nebraska. Piyali graduated from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities with a degree in English and International Relations in May, 2001. While in college, she worked in the English Department as a writing tutor, peer advisor, and administrative assistant. She also was actively involved with the Multicultural Children's Circle at the Jane Addams School for Democracy. Piyali finds Voices from the Gaps project to be a critical contribution to literary study. Currently, she is working at the Minnesota Campus Compact. She contributed the pages on Louise Erdrich, Toni Morrison, and Ida B. Wells; and augmented the Edith Eaton page.

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» Eaton, Edith Maude (Sui-Sin Far) from Bios

Sui Sin Far's literary projects examined issues of hybridity, institutional racism and sexism. She illustrated the confusion of being both Chinese and English when both groups displayed hatred towards each other.

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» Erdrich, Louise from Bios

In looking at both biographical and fictional elements of Erdrich's stories, it is apparent that she embodies the core of America's multiculturalism.

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» Morrison, Toni from Bios

"I'm just trying to look at something without blinking, to see what it is like, or it could have been like, and how that had something to do with the way we live now. Novels are always inquiries for me."

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» Wells, Ida B. from Bios

Ida Wells-Barnett is still known today as a revered journalist, activist, and cultural critic. She worked with women across class and race and national lines to end lynching in the American South. Wells also ...

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