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If They Come for Us: Poems
Contributor(s): Asghar, Fatimah (Author)

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ISBN: 052550978X     ISBN-13: 9780525509783
Publisher: One World
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: August 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Family
- Poetry | Women Authors
- Poetry | American - Asian American
Dewey: 811.6
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" L (0.30 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Topical - Family
Features: Price on Product
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/16/2018
Library Journal 05/01/2018 pg. 69
Booklist 06/01/2018 pg. 14
Shelf Awareness 08/14/2018
 
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Publisher Description:
"A debut poetry collection showcasing both a fierce and tender new voice."--Booklist
"Elegant and playful . . . The poet invents new forms and updates classic ones."--Elle

" Fatimah] Asghar interrogates divisions along lines of nationality, age, and gender, illuminating the forces by which identity is fixed or flexible."--The New Yorker

NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY - FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD

an aunt teaches me how to tell
an edible flower
from a poisonous one.
just in case, I hear her say, just in case.

From a co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web series Brown Girls comes an imaginative, soulful debut poetry that collection captures the experiences of being a young Pakistani Muslim woman in contemporary America. 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.

Praise for If They Come for Us

"In forms both traditional . . . and unorthodox . . . Asghar interrogates divisions along lines of nationality, age, and gender, illuminating the forces by which identity is fixed or flexible. Most vivid and revelatory are pieces such as 'Boy, ' whose perspicacious turns and irreverent idiom conjure the rich, jagged textures of a childhood shadowed by loss."--The New Yorker

" Asghar's] debut poetry collection cemented her status as one of the city's greatest present-day poets. . . . A stunning work of art that tackles place, race, sexuality and violence. These poems--both personal and historical, both celebratory and aggrieved--are unquestionably powerful in a way that would doubtless make both Gwendolyn Brooks and Harriet Monroe proud."--Chicago Review of Books

"Taut lines, vivid language, and searing images range cover to cover. . . . Inventive, sad, gripping, and beautiful."--Library Journal (starred review)

 
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