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Your Body Is War (African Poetry Book)
Full title: | Your Body Is War (African Poetry Book) |
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ISBN: | 9781496214133 |
ISBN 10: | 1496214137 |
Authors: | Shiferraw, Mahtem |
Publisher: | University Of Nebraska Press |
Num. pages: | 90 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2019 |
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Synopsis
Your Body Is War Contemplates The Psychology Of The Female Human Body, Looking At The Ways It Exists And Moves In The World, Refusing To Be Contained In The Face Of Grief And Trauma. Bold And Raw, Mahtem Shiferraw’s Poems Explore What The Woman’s Body Has To Do To Survive And Persevere In The World, Especially In The Aftermath Of Abuse. A Groundbreaking Collection, The Poems In Your Body Is War Embody Elements Of Conflict, Making Them Simultaneously A Place Of Destruction And Of Freedom.