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But God,/doesn’t she wear/the world well?

February 22, 2017 by denesteak 4 Comments

This is my first book of poetry, ever. Or rather, pamphlet, because it is so thin. I bought it because of the Beyonce hype behind Warsan’s words, because I’d heard her name over and over, because her name is now tangibly linked to words like “refugee” and “woman”, because a Pajiba friend posted an excerpt from her poem on Facebook, because they actually (actually!) had it in a Bangkok bookstore, a thin sleeve of paperback tucked amidst hundred-page hardcovers. I read it at home, and […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: cbr9, denesteak, poetry, refugees, teaching my mother how to give birth, warsan shire, womanhood

denesteak's CBR9 Review No:4 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: cbr9, denesteak, poetry, refugees, teaching my mother how to give birth, warsan shire, womanhood ·
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