The anthology "Writing the Lines of Our Hands" captures the diversity of aesthetic expressions, forms and content currently being explored by South Asian poets in America. It is the first anthology to focus purely on the poetry of South Asian Americans. To that end, the collection embraces the diversity of genres extant in our poetry community today, whether slam, sonnet, limerick or lyric poetry. "Writing the Lines of Our Hands" presents voices drawn from all stages of experience with a special focus on the emerging voices of the present generation. Furthermore, the collection anthologizes the myriad, diverse voices that constitute our notion of the South Asian diaspora in America, including poets who trace their cultural roots back to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldive Islands, Nepal, Pakistan or Sri Lanka.