Identitti Gill Vickery In her third collection

In her third collection

through the cypress shelter-belt

these poems are both personal and impersonal

including Heaven's Gate (2001)

There are certainly challenges along the way

Identitti Gill Vickery In her third collectionNivedita (a. k. a. Identitti), a doctoral student who blogs about race with the help of Hindu goddess Kali, is in awe of Saraswati, her outrageous superstar post colonial and race studies tutor. But Niveditas life and sense of self begin to unravel when it emerges that Saraswati is actually white. Hours before learning the truth Nivedita praises her tutor in a radio interview, jeopardising her reputation and igniting an angry backlash among her peers