If They Come for Us

Poet and co creator of the Emmy nominated web series Brown Girls captures the experience of being a Pakistani Muslim woman in contemporary America, while exploring identity, violence, and healing.In this powerful and imaginative debut poetry collection, Fatimah Asghar nakedly captures the experiences of being a young Pakistani Muslim woman in America by braiding together personal and marginalized people s histories After being orphaned as a young girl, Asghar grapples with coming of age as a woman without the guidance of a mother, questions of sexuality and race, and navigating a world that put a target on her back Asghar s 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 confronts her own understanding of identity and place and belonging. New Download If They Come for Us [ By ] Fatimah Asghar [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Full review forthcoming via Rebel Women Litfrom How We Left Film Treatment Narrative Device Flash Forward In America, they slaughtered a temple of Sikhs because they thought them us Here we all become towelheads, amorphous fears prayingto a brown god Others that become others that look like others.They don t know our history, its locked doors heavy whispers.in this poetry collection, Fatimah Asghar beautifully brings together stories of her own experiences as a Pakistani Muslim in America and the history of the partition, 9 11, from How We Left Film Treatment Narrative Device Flash Forward In America, they slaughtered a temple of Sikhs because they thought them us Here we all become towelheads, amorphous fears prayingto a brown god Others that become others that look like others.They don t know our history, its locked doors heavy whispers.in this poetry collection, Fatimah Asghar beautifully brings together stories of her own experiences as a Pakist...Wow This book is so incredibly powerful I wish I could sit down with the author and hear her stories, crying with her for the pain that Fatimah has lived through Some of my favorites For Peshawar such a sad, beautiful tribute Partition eye opening insight into the struggle of not belonging as an immigrant and minority searching for an identity Kal this is a neat play on the word kal and the tomorrow yesterday When the Orders Came so sad 100 Words on 45 s 100 Days SPEAK TRUTHUg Wow This book is so incredibly powerful I wish I could sit down with the author and hear her stories, crying with her for the pain that Fatim...you re kashmiri until they burn your home take your orchards stake a different flag until no one remembers the road that brings you back you re indian until they draw a border through punjab until the british captains spitpakias they sip your chai, add so much foam you can t taste home you re seraiki until your classmates ask what that is then you re indian again the traumas of the partition swirl and smolder in Asghar s stunning collection, reminding us lest we forget it takes a lo you re kashmiri until they burn your home take your orchards stake a different flag until no one remembers the road that br...This is a beautiful and touching collection about homeland, family, and belonging Poems touch on a wide range of topics and time periods, including Partition, 9 11, and the current situation in America When the Orders Came and 100 Words on 45 s 100 Days are short but straight to the point and hard hitting I very much enjoyed the way different formats are used, especially in the cases of Script for Child Services A Floor Plan and Map Home I absolutely loved Microaggression Bingo A This is a beautiful and touching collection about homeland, family, and belonging Poems touch on a wide range of topics and time periods, including Partition, 9 11, and the current situation in America When the Orders Came and 100 Words on 45 s 100 Days are short but straight to the point and hard hitting I very much enjoyed the way different formats are used, especially in the cases of Script for Child Services A Floor Plan and Map Home I absolutely loved Microaggression Bingo An all around fantastic ...Absolutely stunning I received a galley copy at Penguin Random House s bookfair booth at AWP, and was captivated from the first line Asghar s imagery hits hard As a fellow adoptee, I was affected by her exploration of loss of family homeland and longing for something unknown.

• English
• 26 April 2018
Fatimah Asghar
• Paperback
• 128 pages
• 052550978X
• Fatimah Asghar
• If They Come for Us