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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
by Warsan Shire
As a devoted fan of Warsan Shire, I was hoping this collection would be comparable with her past publications. I'm delighted to say that this is by far her best work yet!
"Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head" is Shire's first full-length poetry collection and picks up where her previous publications left off. Each poem is heavy with the weight of generational trauma and Shire confronts motherhood, womanhood, and her refugee upbringing with a sharp clarity that will take your breath away. With the inclusion of "Home" (Shire's well-known poem with the famous line "no one leaves home unless/home is the mouth of a shark"), this collection feels like a magnum opus, but it's just her debut.
"Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head" is Shire's first full-length poetry collection and picks up where her previous publications left off. Each poem is heavy with the weight of generational trauma and Shire confronts motherhood, womanhood, and her refugee upbringing with a sharp clarity that will take your breath away. With the inclusion of "Home" (Shire's well-known poem with the famous line "no one leaves home unless/home is the mouth of a shark"), this collection feels like a magnum opus, but it's just her debut.