If They Come for Us: Poems

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Synopsis
Poet and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web series Brown Girls captures her experience as a Pakistani Muslim woman in contemporary America, while exploring identity, violence, and healing.

An aunt teaches me how to tellan edible flowerfrom a poisonous one. Just in case, I hear her say, just in case.

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 many 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.

Copyright:
2018

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780525509790
Related ISBNs:
9780525509783
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
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Copyrighted By:
Fatimah Asghar
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Poetry, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
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