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Hair on Fire: Afghan Women Poets
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Series: Calico, Book 12
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ISBN10: 1949641848
ISBN13: 9781949641844
Publisher: Two Lines Press
Published: Sep 2 2025
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 6.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781949641844
Publisher: Two Lines Press
Published: Sep 2 2025
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 6.90
Language: English
Five female Afghan poets wield language to combat the loneliness, absurdity, and claustrophobia of life in a war-torn country and its diaspora. There are hypnotic, long beards tangled with mass extinctions; hateful men burning grapevines; black blindfolds; jinn in chadors; and condoms advertised every eight minutes on TV. Interspersing these are tender moments: one poet describes brushing her daughter's hair, while another imagines a tree growing at the center of a room, undisturbed by the bombs outside. In the wake of the Taliban's escalating war on Afghan women's rights, Hair on Fire is a blazing tribute to a group of exceptional poetesses and a reminder of what we lose when voices are silenced.
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