My Story

Name: My Story
Author: Kamala Das

by Kamala Das

An intimate autobiography revealing a woman's sexuality, affairs, and struggle for self-definition

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Kamala Das

Indian poet and fiction writer who wrote with frank, controversial candor about female sexuality and the female body. Her autobiography My Story and her English-language poetry made her a pioneering feminist voice in Indian literature.

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