Bless the daughter raised by a voice in her head : poems / Warsan Shire.

Bless the daughter raised by a voice in her head : poems / Warsan Shire.

By
Shire, Warsan, 1988-

Publication Date
2022

Publication Information
[Toronto] : Penguin Canada,

Physical Description
87 p.

Subject Term
English poetry -- 21st century.
 
Women immigrants.
 
African American women poets.
 
Psychic trauma.
 
Poetry.
 
American poetry.

Summary
Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyonce's Black Is King and Lemonade, award-winning Somali-British poet Warsan Shire. With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, is raised by "God and Oprah on TV" and "all the voices in her head." Drawing from her own life and those of loved ones, as well as pop culture and news headlines, Warsan Shire finds vivid, unique details in experiences of refugees and immigrants, victims of abuse, Black women, and teenage girls. In Warsan's hands, these lives spring into fullness.

Language
English

ISBN
9780735239807


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult NFicAdult Non-Fiction821.08 SH6Checked In