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IF THEY COME FOR US
A powerful and imaginative début poetry collection by the co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web series "Brown Girls".
In this collection, Asghar captures the experience of being a Pakistani Muslim woman in a contemporary world, while exploring identity, violence, and healing. This is perfect reading for fans of Rupi Kaur's #1 New York Times bestseller, MILK AND HONEY, Ross Gay, Morgan Parker, Ocean Vuong, and Solmaz Sharif.
IF THEY COME FOR US contains 30 new poems, and the collection is rounded out by 14 previously-published poems that have been featured in national publications such as the New York Times, BuzzFeed, The Rumpus, and more. At the root of her writing, Asghar grapples with coming-of-age as a woman without the guidance of a mother, after being orphaned as a young girl. She confronts questions of sexuality and race, and what it's like to navigate a world that put a target on her back. Her poems at once bear anguish, joy, vulnerability, and compassion, while exploring the many facets of violence: how it persists within us, how it is inherited across generations, and how it manifests in our relationships with friends and family, and in our own understanding of identity. Using experimental forms and a mix of lyrical and brash language, Asghar faces her own understanding of identity and place and belonging, through a linguistic braiding together of personal and marginalized people's histories.
Fatimah Asghar's star is rapidly on the rise. Her web series "Brown Girls" was recently sold to HBO, and it had over 200,000 views within the first week, across 47 different countries! Since the premiere of "Brown Girls," Fatimah has been featured in Slate, TIME, Teen Vogue, W Magazine, and more. She has performed her poetry at TED X.
IF THEY COME FOR US contains 30 new poems, and the collection is rounded out by 14 previously-published poems that have been featured in national publications such as the New York Times, BuzzFeed, The Rumpus, and more. At the root of her writing, Asghar grapples with coming-of-age as a woman without the guidance of a mother, after being orphaned as a young girl. She confronts questions of sexuality and race, and what it's like to navigate a world that put a target on her back. Her poems at once bear anguish, joy, vulnerability, and compassion, while exploring the many facets of violence: how it persists within us, how it is inherited across generations, and how it manifests in our relationships with friends and family, and in our own understanding of identity. Using experimental forms and a mix of lyrical and brash language, Asghar faces her own understanding of identity and place and belonging, through a linguistic braiding together of personal and marginalized people's histories.
Fatimah Asghar's star is rapidly on the rise. Her web series "Brown Girls" was recently sold to HBO, and it had over 200,000 views within the first week, across 47 different countries! Since the premiere of "Brown Girls," Fatimah has been featured in Slate, TIME, Teen Vogue, W Magazine, and more. She has performed her poetry at TED X.
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Published 2018-06-01 by One World |
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Published 2018-06-01 by One World |