Description
| Product ID: | 9781784743703 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head |
| Subtitle: | Shortlisted for the 2022 Felix Dennis Prize |
| Authors: | Author: Warsan Shire |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | Poetry by individual poets, Poetry by individual poets, Feminism and feminist theory, Migration, immigration and emigration, Gender studies: women and girls, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Sociology: family and relationships, Sociology, Sociology: death and dying, Feminism & feminist theory, Migration, immigration & emigration, Gender studies: women, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: sexual relations, Sociology: death & dying |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 FELIX DENNIS PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION*** AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4**'Warsan Shire is an extraordinarily gifted poet whose profoundly moving poems so powerfully give voice to the unspoken' Bernardine Evaristo'Vital, moving and courageous, this is a debut not to be missed' Guardian__________Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma and resilience from the award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire, celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé's Lemonade and Black Is King. With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a girl who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, makes her own stumbling way toward 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. These are noisy lives, full of music and weeping and surahs. These are fragrant lives, full of blood and perfume and jasmine. These are polychrome lives, full of moonlight and turmeric and kohl. The long-awaited collection from one of our most exciting contemporary poets is a blessing, an incantatory celebration of survival. Each reader will come away changed. 'Warsan Shire electrifies... The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts' Roxane Gay'Absolutely beautiful... So relevant' Elizabeth Day, *Day's Delights* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 FELIX DENNIS PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION* |
| Imprint Name: | Chatto & Windus |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-03-10 |
