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About If They Come for Us
“A debut poetry collection showcasing both a fierce and tender new voice.”—Booklist
“Elegant and playful . . . The poetinvents new forms and updates classic ones.”—Elle
“[Fatimah] Asghar interrogates divisions along lines of nationality, age, and gender, illuminating the forces by which identity is fixed or flexible.”—The New Yorker
NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY•FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD
an aunt teaches me how to tell
an edible flower
from a poisonous one.
just in case, I hear her say, just in case.
From a co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web seriesBrown Girlscomes an imaginative, soulful debut poetry that collection captures the experiences of being a young Pakistani Muslim woman in contemporary America.Orphaned as a child, Fatimah Asghar grapples with coming of age and navigating questions of sexuality and race without the guidance of a mother or father. These poems at once bear anguish, joy, vulnerability, and compassion, while also exploring the many facets of violence: how it persists within us, how it is inherited across generations, and how it manifests itself in our relationships. In experimental forms and language both lyrical and raw, Asghar seamlessly braids together marginalized people’s histories with her own understanding of identity, place, and belonging.
Praise for If They Come for Us
“In forms bothtraditional . . . andunorthodox . . . Asghar interrogates divisions along lines of nationality, age, and gender,illuminatingthe forces by which identity is fixed or flexible. Mostvividandrevelatoryare pieces such as ‘Boy,’ whoseperspicacious turnsandirreverent idiom conjure the rich, jagged texturesof a childhood shadowed by loss.”—The New Yorker
“[Asghar’s] debut poetry collectioncemented her statusasone of the city’s greatest present-day poets. . . . Astunningwork of art that tackles place, race, sexuality and violence. These poems—bothpersonalandhistorical, both celebratoryandaggrieved—areunquestionably powerfulin a way that would doubtless make both Gwendolyn Brooks and Harriet Monroe proud.”—Chicago Review of Books
“Taut lines, vivid language, and searing images range cover to cover. . . . Inventive, sad, gripping, and beautiful.”—Library Journal (starred review)
About If They Come for Us
“A debut poetry collection showcasing both a fierce and tender new voice.”—Booklist
“Elegant and playful . . . The poetinvents new forms and updates classic ones.”—Elle
“[Fatimah] Asghar interrogates divisions along lines of nationality, age, and gender, illuminating the forces by which identity is fixed or flexible.”—The New Yorker
NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY•FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD
an aunt teaches me how to tell
an edible flower
from a poisonous one.
just in case, I hear her say, just in case.
From a co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web seriesBrown Girlscomes an imaginative, soulful debut poetry that collection captures the experiences of being a young Pakistani Muslim woman in contemporary America.Orphaned as a child, Fatimah Asghar grapples with coming of age and navigating questions of sexuality and race without the guidance of a mother or father. These poems at once bear anguish, joy, vulnerability, and compassion, while also exploring the many facets of violence: how it persists within us, how it is inherited across generations, and how it manifests itself in our relationships. In experimental forms and language both lyrical and raw, Asghar seamlessly braids together marginalized people’s histories with her own understanding of identity, place, and belonging.
Praise for If They Come for Us
“In forms bothtraditional . . . andunorthodox . . . Asghar interrogates divisions along lines of nationality, age, and gender,illuminatingthe forces by which identity is fixed or flexible. Mostvividandrevelatoryare pieces such as ‘Boy,’ whoseperspicacious turnsandirreverent idiom conjure the rich, jagged texturesof a childhood shadowed by loss.”—The New Yorker
“[Asghar’s] debut poetry collectioncemented her statusasone of the city’s greatest present-day poets. . . . Astunningwork of art that tackles place, race, sexuality and violence. These poems—bothpersonalandhistorical, both celebratoryandaggrieved—areunquestionably powerfulin a way that would doubtless make both Gwendolyn Brooks and Harriet Monroe proud.”—Chicago Review of Books
“Taut lines, vivid language, and searing images range cover to cover. . . . Inventive, sad, gripping, and beautiful.”—Library Journal (starred review)
About If They Come for Us
“A debut poetry collection showcasing both a fierce and tender new voice.”—Booklist
“Elegant and playful . . . The poetinvents new forms and updates classic ones.”—Elle
“[Fatimah] Asghar interrogates divisions along lines of nationality, age, and gender, illuminating the forces by which identity is fixed or flexible.”—The New Yorker
NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY•FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD
an aunt teaches me how to tell
an edible flower
from a poisonous one.
just in case, I hear her say, just in case.
From a co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web seriesBrown Girlscomes an imaginative, soulful debut poetry that collection captures the experiences of being a young Pakistani Muslim woman in contemporary America.Orphaned as a child, Fatimah Asghar grapples with coming of age and navigating questions of sexuality and race without the guidance of a mother or father. These poems at once bear anguish, joy, vulnerability, and compassion, while also exploring the many facets of violence: how it persists within us, how it is inherited across generations, and how it manifests itself in our relationships. In experimental forms and language both lyrical and raw, Asghar seamlessly braids together marginalized people’s histories with her own understanding of identity, place, and belonging.
Praise for If They Come for Us
“In forms bothtraditional . . . andunorthodox . . . Asghar interrogates divisions along lines of nationality, age, and gender,illuminatingthe forces by which identity is fixed or flexible. Mostvividandrevelatoryare pieces such as ‘Boy,’ whoseperspicacious turnsandirreverent idiom conjure the rich, jagged texturesof a childhood shadowed by loss.”—The New Yorker
“[Asghar’s] debut poetry collectioncemented her statusasone of the city’s greatest present-day poets. . . . Astunningwork of art that tackles place, race, sexuality and violence. These poems—bothpersonalandhistorical, both celebratoryandaggrieved—areunquestionably powerfulin a way that would doubtless make both Gwendolyn Brooks and Harriet Monroe proud.”—Chicago Review of Books
“Taut lines, vivid language, and searing images range cover to cover. . . . Inventive, sad, gripping, and beautiful.”—Library Journal (starred review)
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About Fatimah Asghar
Fatimah Asghar, author of If They Come for Us, is a poet, filmmaker, educator, and performer. She is the writer and co-creator of Brown Girls, an Emmy-nominated web series that highlights friendships between women of color. Along with Safia Elhillo,… More about Fatimah Asghar
About Fatimah Asghar
Fatimah Asghar, author of If They Come for Us, is a poet, filmmaker, educator, and performer. She is the writer and co-creator of Brown Girls, an Emmy-nominated web series that highlights friendships between women of color. Along with Safia Elhillo,… More about Fatimah Asghar
About Fatimah Asghar
Fatimah Asghar, author of If They Come for Us, is a poet, filmmaker, educator, and performer. She is the writer and co-creator of Brown Girls, an Emmy-nominated web series that highlights friendships between women of color. Along with Safia Elhillo,… More about Fatimah Asghar
Product Details
Category: Poetry |
Paperback | $16.00
Published by One World
Aug 07, 2018 | 128 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780525509783
Category: Poetry |
Ebook | $6.99
Published by One World
Aug 07, 2018 | 128 Pages | ISBN 9780525509790
Category: Poetry | | Audiobooks
Audiobook Download | $15.00
Published by Random House Audio
Aug 07, 2018 | 83 Minutes | ISBN 9780525634768
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Praise
“An outstanding collection of poetry . . . wonderful play with form . . . These poems cover so much—identity, loss, brown girlhood, the complicated bonds of family, what home is when home is torn apart. Much to admire here. [I] will be thinking about these poems for a long time to come.”—Roxane Gay
“[Fatimah] Asghar presents a debut poetry collection showcasing both a fierce and tender new voice. . . . Through simultaneously lyrical and frank poems like ‘Kal,’ ‘Ghareeb,’ and ‘Halal,’ Asghar allows poignant contradictions to rise to the surface.”—Booklist
“In forms bothtraditional . . . andunorthodox . . . Asghar interrogates divisions along lines of nationality, age, and gender,illuminatingthe forces by which identity is fixed or flexible. Mostvividandrevelatoryare pieces such as ‘Boy,’ whoseperspicacious turnsandirreverent idiom conjure the rich, jagged texturesof a childhood shadowed by loss.”—The New Yorker
“This summer, [Asghar’s] debut poetry collectioncemented her statusasone of the city’s greatest present-day poets. . . . Astunningwork of art that tackles place, race, sexuality and violence. These poems—bothpersonalandhistorical, both celebratoryandaggrieved—areunquestionably powerfulin a way that would doubtless make both Gwendolyn Brooks and Harriet Monroe proud.”—Chicago Review of Books
“If They Come for Usisa searing search for self.”—Electric Literature
“If They Come for Usis aremarkable debut collection, and Asghar’s poetic voice strikes a singular note in several places.Not one of the 44 poems in it feels superfluous. Asghar may unapologetically rip the reader’s heart open, but she also sutures it with theutmost tenderness and care.”—Live Mint
“Every age has its poets who spring-load every line with the personal and political so that you know what it was to be fully alive in that time and place—or torn from it. Asghar provides this anguished specificity in her debut poetry collection, a meditation on identity, dislocation, and loss. . . . Taut lines, vivid language, and searing images range cover to cover. . . . Inventive, sad, gripping, and beautiful.”—Library Journal(starred review)
“In this awe-inspiring debut, Asghar, writer of the Emmy-nominated web series ‘Brown Girls,’ explores the painful, sometimes psychologically debilitating journey of establishing her identity as a queer brown woman within the confines of white America. . . .Honest, personal, and intimate without being insular or myopic, Asghar’s collection reveals a sense of strength and hope found in identity and cultural history.’”—Publishers Weekly(starred review)
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