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A review by nhazra1
If They Come for Us: Poems by Fatimah Asghar
5.0
it's always hard for me to talk about why i liked or did not like a collection of poetry (closest thing i can imagine that feels remotely similar is like trying to pinch water) - i just know that i loved this collection with parts of me that i don't think i've brought out into the light in a long long time.
the way this collection addresses grief, violence, brownhood, identity, and everything else felt like i was seeing something amazing for the very first time. some poems read like a stroll that crashes to a halt, where i was following and then suddenly not just following but in it, part of it, from it. i have a habit of, when something hits me in the chest and makes me feel raw and gaping open, to write "oh." in the margin next to it. so many oh.'s throughout the pages, so many oh.'s now as i sit here and think about this. Oh. oh.
favorites from this collection: kal, portrait of my father, alive, lullaby (for khudejha), and - and of course, the titular if they come for us
the way this collection addresses grief, violence, brownhood, identity, and everything else felt like i was seeing something amazing for the very first time. some poems read like a stroll that crashes to a halt, where i was following and then suddenly not just following but in it, part of it, from it. i have a habit of, when something hits me in the chest and makes me feel raw and gaping open, to write "oh." in the margin next to it. so many oh.'s throughout the pages, so many oh.'s now as i sit here and think about this. Oh. oh.
favorites from this collection: kal, portrait of my father, alive, lullaby (for khudejha), and - and of course, the titular if they come for us