This Is How We Disappear - by Titilope Sonuga (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>At once an exploration of the physical and emotional disappearance of women and a celebration of the magic of shapeshifting as an act of survival, these poems sit in conversation with each other in a way that highlights how women survive and thrive in spite of the obstacles often stacked against them.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>This Is How We Disappear is at once an exploration of the physical and emotional disappearance of women and a celebration of the magic of shapeshifting as an act of survival too.</strong></p><p>The poems sit in conversation with each other in a way that highlights how women survive and thrive in spite of the obstacles often stacked against them.</p><p>The collection is about our small and large acts of resistance, how we choose life, how we are the architects of our own joy even in the face of death. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Chris Abani - Sanctificum and Hands Washing Water</p><p>In This Is How We Disappear, Titilope Sonuga moves deftly from narrative to lyric, from melancholy to a fierce joy, from ethical negotiations to fierce resistance, from exploration of gender and power, and family intimacies, to small yet poignant and often startling moments of lucidity, all set to the unique music of her style and language. Strong, important and moving.</p><p> </p><p>Rachel Mckibbens </p><p>Titilope Sonuga's collection depicts, with daring grace, the often brutal and fevered journey from girlhood to womanhood. Opening with the Chibok school kidnappings in her native Nigeria, Sonuga's poetry employs itself as cartographer of survival, mapping out the true lineage of resilience and joy--the defiant matriarchs of her bloodline, "blooming on barren land.</p><br>
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