{"product_id":"9781787334373","title":"Bad Diaspora Poems","description":"Author: Mehri, Momtaza\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781787334373\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 17 Oct 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 128\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe much-awaited debut collection from a remarkable poetic voice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiaspora is witnessing a murder without getting blood on your shirt.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION***\u003cbr\u003e***FINALIST FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD***\u003cbr\u003e***WINNER OF THE SKY ARTS AWARD FOR POETRY\u003c\/b\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exceptional... Mehri is a truly transnational poet of the twenty-first century'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of \u003ci\u003eGirl, Woman, Other\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A once in a generation poet' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCALEB FEMI, author of \u003ci\u003ePoor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe definition of diaspora is the dispersion of people from their original homeland. But what does it mean to write diaspora poetry? Momtaza Mehri's debut collection poses this question, taking us from Mogadishu to Naples, Lampedusa to London. Mixing her own family's experience with the stories of many others across nineteenth- and twentieth-century Somalia, \u003ci\u003eBad Diaspora Poems\u003c\/i\u003e confronts the ambivalent nature of speaking for those who have been left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe meet the poet, the translator, the refugee, the exile, and the diaspora kid attempting to transcend their cliched angst. Told in lyric, prose and text messages, and taking place in living rooms and marketplaces, on buses and balconies, on transatlantic journeys and online, these are essential poems about our diasporic age.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47792090448030,"sku":"UBD-9781787334373","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781787334373.jpg?v=1780915292","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781787334373","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}