Shire, Warsan
Bless the daughter raised by a voice in her head - Great Britain : Penguin Random House , 2022 . - 71 pages
First published in the US by Random House in 2022.
[Part 1]. What doesn't kill you -- [Part 2]. This is not a love song -- [Part 3]. Are you there, God? -- [Part 4]. Testament.
"With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, makes her own stumbling way towards womanhood. Drawing from her own life and the lives of loved ones, as well as pop culture and news headlines, Shire finds vivid, unique details in the experiences of refugees and immigrants, mothers and daughters, Black women, and teenage girls. In Shire's hands, lives spring into fullness. This is noisy life: full of music and weeping and surahs and sirens and birds. This is fragrant life: full of blood and perfume and shisha smoke and jasmine and incense. This is polychrome life: full of henna and moonlight and lipstick and turmeric and kohl"--
9781784743703 9781784743703
2020415630
GBC203476 bnb
020444583 Uk
--Somali poetry--21st Century--Social comment
UK & IRL poetry Collections of Poetry
Poetry
PR6119.H518 / B55 2022
821.92
Bless the daughter raised by a voice in her head - Great Britain : Penguin Random House , 2022 . - 71 pages
First published in the US by Random House in 2022.
[Part 1]. What doesn't kill you -- [Part 2]. This is not a love song -- [Part 3]. Are you there, God? -- [Part 4]. Testament.
"With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, makes her own stumbling way towards womanhood. Drawing from her own life and the lives of loved ones, as well as pop culture and news headlines, Shire finds vivid, unique details in the experiences of refugees and immigrants, mothers and daughters, Black women, and teenage girls. In Shire's hands, lives spring into fullness. This is noisy life: full of music and weeping and surahs and sirens and birds. This is fragrant life: full of blood and perfume and shisha smoke and jasmine and incense. This is polychrome life: full of henna and moonlight and lipstick and turmeric and kohl"--
9781784743703 9781784743703
2020415630
GBC203476 bnb
020444583 Uk
--Somali poetry--21st Century--Social comment
UK & IRL poetry Collections of Poetry
Poetry
PR6119.H518 / B55 2022
821.92