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    Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

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    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; reclaiming the more nuanced truths of earlier times - as in Tayeb Salih's work - and translating to the realm of lyric the work of the likes of Nawal El Saadawi. As Rumi said, "Love will find its way through all languages on its own"; in teaching my mother how to give birth, Warsan's début pamphlet, we witness the unearthing of a poet who finds her way through all preconceptions to strike the heart directly.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 18, 2017
    ISBN9781524774257
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      Warsan guides me through hard times. I live for this collection of poems
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      Most beautiful poetry I have experienced in a long while. Speechless -
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      Intense! Her words and delivery combined took my breath away. When you physically feel a book...? That was this. Powerful!