{"product_id":"bless-the-daughter-raised-by-a-voice-in-her-head-poems-9780593134351","title":"Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyonc?'s \u003ci\u003eLemonade \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBlack Is King, \u003c\/i\u003eaward-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts.\"--Roxane Gay, author of \u003ci\u003eBad Feminist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Warsan Shire is our ultimate modern poet. . . . This is our James Baldwin.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eCulture Desk\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMama, I made it \/ out of your home \/ alive, raised by \/ the voices \/ in my head.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, makes her own way toward womanhood. Drawing from her own life, as well as pop culture and news headlines, Shire finds vivid, unique details in the experiences of refugees and immigrants, mothers and daughters, Black women and teenage girls. In Shire's hands, lives spring into fullness. This is noisy life, full of music and weeping and surahs and sirens and birds. This is fragrant life, full of blood and perfume and shisha smoke and jasmine and incense. This is polychrome life, full of henna and moonlight and lipstick and turmeric and kohl. The long-awaited collection from one of our most exciting contemporary poets, this book is a blessing, an incantatory celebration of resilience and survival. Each reader will come away changed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarsan Shire \u003c\/b\u003eis a Somali British writer and poet born in Nairobi and raised in London. She has written two chapbooks, \u003ci\u003eTeaching My Mother How to Give Birth \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHer Blue Body\u003c\/i\u003e. She was awarded the inaugural Brunel International African Poetry Prize and served as the first Young Poet Laureate of London. She is the youngest member of the Royal Society of Literature and is included in the Penguin Modern Poets series. Shire wrote the poetry for the Peabody Award-winning visual album \u003ci\u003eLemonade \u003c\/i\u003eand the Disney film \u003ci\u003eBlack Is King \u003c\/i\u003ein collaboration with Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. She also wrote the short film \u003ci\u003eBrave Girl Rising, \u003c\/i\u003ehighlighting the voices and faces of Somali girls in Africa's largest refugee camp. Warsan Shire lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children. \u003ci\u003eBless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head \u003c\/i\u003eis her full-length debut poetry collection.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600167899410,"sku":"9780593134351","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6cb83315-20b5-40b5-bde2-e57361ab1fc9.jpg?v=1732210258","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bless-the-daughter-raised-by-a-voice-in-her-head-poems-9780593134351","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}