Rakhshan Rizwan (87 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The poems in this pamphlet examine the vexed issues of class, linguistic and cultural identity, especially female identity, in the context of Pakistan, and in the broader context of South Asia. The poems in this pamphlet examine the vexed issues of class, linguistic and cultural identity, especially female identity, in the context of Pakistan, and in the broader context of South Asia. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condition: New. Rakhshan Rizwan's debut collection simmers with a poised, driving anger. Drawing on the rich visual and material culture of her home region, Rizwan unpacks and offers critical comment on the vexed issues of class, linguistic and cultural identity - particularly for women - in the context of Pakistan and South Asia. She writes about the hypocrisy of the men who claim to worship women, the nuances of using Urdu or Hindi, and the many contradictions of the city of her birth, Lahore. As well as startling free verse, Rizwan's many accomplished ghazals both explore and demonstrate her fascination with multilingualism, code-switching, displacement and belonging. The poems in Paisley are an unflinchingly feminist assault on received ideas about womanhood which present the reader with often-uncomfortable truths. …

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Paperback. Condition: New. Europe, Love Me Back is a collection of relentlessly questing, sharply satirical poems about the continent, and the poet's fraught relationship with it. Hurting yet clear-eyed, Rizwan explores and exposes what it means to be a small brown woman in Dutch suburbs, hospitals and academiaThis is an angry love letter, to a place left behind yet always there, continuing to matter and hurt and shape the poet's identity."But no one was interested in eliciting my testimony;after all I wasn't dead - I wasn't ill - and hadn't thiscountry treated me so well?For it is not a human right to be much more than Agamben's bare life,to exist in the hallowed halls of the academe,because there comes a point when our wanting is simply too much, obscene -".…

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Paperback. Condition: New. What's your favourite food? Who's your best friend? Have you tried to grow a rock? Aren't beards weird? Did you ever move house and miss where you used to live? Didn't a lot change when the pandemic started?My Sneezes Are Perfect is a collection of poems in the voice of a small boy who wants to tell you about all the things he's learning, all the time. During the book, he moves from the Netherlands to America and has to adjust to his new life there. Then Covid-19 hits and his world changes all over again.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Whats your favourite food? Whos your best friend? Have you tried to grow a rock? Arent beards weird? Did you ever move house and miss where you used to live? Didnt a lot change when the pandemic started?My Sneezes Are Perfect is a collection of poems in the voice of a small boy who wants to tell you about all the things hes learning, all the time. During the book, he moves from the Netherlands to America and has to adjust to his new life there. Then Covid-19 hits and his world changes all over again. A collection of poems from the point of view of a small boy moving to America and starting school. and then Covid-19 strikes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 4-5 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Europe, Love Me Back is a collection of relentlessly questing, sharply satirical poems about the continent, and the poet's fraught relationship with it. Hurting yet clear-eyed, Rizwan explores and exposes what it means to be a small brown woman in Dutch suburbs, hospitals and academiaThis is an angry love letter, to a place left behind yet always there, continuing to matter and hurt and shape the poet's identity."But no one was interested in eliciting my testimony;after all I wasnt dead I wasnt ill and hadnt thiscountry treated me so well?For it is not a human right to be much more than Agambens bare life,to exist in the hallowed halls of the academe,because there comes a point when our wanting is simply too much, obscene " Europe, Love Me Back is a collection of relentlessly questing, sharply satirical poems about the continent, and the poets fraught relationship with it. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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