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A review by krys_kilz
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Julia Alvarez's review of this collection sums up my feelings: "This fierce and compelling book of poems should come with a warning label: These poems will break your heart."
My favorite poems in the collection were: Assimilation, Home, Midnight in the Foreign Food Aisle, Backwards, Hooyo Isn’t Home, and Bless the Gun Tossed into a River.
My favorite poems in the collection were: Assimilation, Home, Midnight in the Foreign Food Aisle, Backwards, Hooyo Isn’t Home, and Bless the Gun Tossed into a River.
"Dear Uncle, is everything you love foreign
or are you foreign to everything you love?"
- from Midnight in the Foreign Food Aisle
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Child abuse
Moderate: Death, War, and Racism
Minor: Suicide and Eating disorder