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38 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781905233298
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Flipped Eye
Publication date: 29 December 2011
Description
What elevates 'teaching my mother how to give birth', what gives the poems their disturbing brilliance, is Warsan Shire's ability to give simple, beautiful eloquence to the veiled world where sensuality lives in the dominant narrative of Islam; re...
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reflective 69%
dark 60%
sad 48%
challenging 33%
tense 21%
inspiring 13%
informative 7%
mysterious 6%
hopeful 5%
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medium 27%
slow 10%
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War, Sexual assault, DeathModerate
Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual contentMinor
Xenophobia, Pedophilia, Eating disorder38 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781905233298
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Flipped Eye
Publication date: 29 December 2011
Description
What elevates 'teaching my mother how to give birth', what gives the poems their disturbing brilliance, is Warsan Shire's ability to give simple, beautiful eloquence to the veiled world where sensuality lives in the dominant narrative of Islam; re...
Community Reviews Summary of 4,213 reviews
Moods
reflective 69%
dark 60%
sad 48%
challenging 33%
tense 21%
inspiring 13%
informative 7%
mysterious 6%
hopeful 5%
Pace
medium 27%
slow 10%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
War, Sexual assault, DeathModerate
Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual contentMinor
Xenophobia, Pedophilia, Eating disorder