If they come for us : poems /
This imaginative, soulful debut poetry collection captures the experiences of being a young Pakistani Muslim woman in contemporary America. Orphaned as a child, Fatimah Asghar grapples with coming of age and navigating questions of sexuality and race without the guidance of a mother or father. These...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
One World, an imprint of Random House,
[2018]
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| Summary: | This imaginative, soulful debut poetry collection captures the experiences of being a young Pakistani Muslim woman in contemporary America. Orphaned as a child, Fatimah Asghar grapples with coming of age and navigating questions of sexuality and race without the guidance of a mother or father. These poems at once bear anguish, joy, vulnerability and compassion, while also exploring the man facets of violence, how it persists within us, how it is inherited across generations and how it manifests itself in our relationships. In experimental forms and language both lyrical and raw, Asghar seamlessly braids together marginalized people's histories with her own understanding of identity, place and belonging. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 106 pages : illustration ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780525509783 052550978X |