Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth (Mouthmark): 10 - Softcover

Warsan Shire

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905233299 ISBN 13: 9781905233298

Publisher: Flipped Eye Publishing Limited, 2011

Synopsis

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 Shire's debut pamphlet, we witness the unearthing of a poet who finds her way through all preconceptions to strike the heart directly. 'teaching my mother how to give birth' represents a refuge for womanhood and for exile, a chant of praise for resilience, a claiming of - and fierce pride in - motherhood with all its joys and challenges.

About this title

About the Author:

Warsan Shire is a Kenyan-born Somali poet and writer who is based in London. Born in 1988, she is an artist and activist who uses her work to document narratives of journey and trauma. Warsan has read her work internationally, including recent readings in South Africa, Italy and Germany, and her poetry has been translated into Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

About this edition

• Publisher: Flipped Eye Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1905233299
• ISBN 13: 9781905233298
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 38