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Sage
by Yaffa As
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
thank you to meraj publishing for a gifted copy of this ARC.
SAGE is honestly breathtaking in both its breadth and depth. yaffa’s poetry is sharply personal and yet universally resonant.
this is a collection of powerful reflections on what it is to walk in this world as trans, muslim, autistic, disabled, pälestínian, and so wholly human. not only navigating the cruelty of an empire that rejects every piece of what makes you who you are while funding and co-signing the genocide of your people, but also the intimate griefs of existing in circles and communities that refuse to truly see you. yaffa doesn't flinch. they ask us to bear witness and to hold ourselves to account.
and yet, within this unflinching directness, this message to the world, i found there to be such intimacy. poems written to people we may not know but who are a part of yaffa’s world. i thought these were especially powerful. they bestow on us as readers the privilege of witnessing yaffa speak the words that perhaps can't always be said aloud; truths that come only through writing. they offer such courage and strength to anyone who may be trying to find ways to communicate their deepest selves with the people in their lives.
i felt so connected to yaffa’s words. not because all our experiences are the same, but because their poetry is filled with such humanity that it spoke to me and the ways in which i have struggled to navigate this world. in SAGE, yaffa holds grief and resistance in equal measure. they are a light that forces us to see the crushing presenting reality while also illuminating the path forward.
SAGE is honestly breathtaking in both its breadth and depth. yaffa’s poetry is sharply personal and yet universally resonant.
this is a collection of powerful reflections on what it is to walk in this world as trans, muslim, autistic, disabled, pälestínian, and so wholly human. not only navigating the cruelty of an empire that rejects every piece of what makes you who you are while funding and co-signing the genocide of your people, but also the intimate griefs of existing in circles and communities that refuse to truly see you. yaffa doesn't flinch. they ask us to bear witness and to hold ourselves to account.
and yet, within this unflinching directness, this message to the world, i found there to be such intimacy. poems written to people we may not know but who are a part of yaffa’s world. i thought these were especially powerful. they bestow on us as readers the privilege of witnessing yaffa speak the words that perhaps can't always be said aloud; truths that come only through writing. they offer such courage and strength to anyone who may be trying to find ways to communicate their deepest selves with the people in their lives.
i felt so connected to yaffa’s words. not because all our experiences are the same, but because their poetry is filled with such humanity that it spoke to me and the ways in which i have struggled to navigate this world. in SAGE, yaffa holds grief and resistance in equal measure. they are a light that forces us to see the crushing presenting reality while also illuminating the path forward.