Product details
ISBN
9781911570752
Published
2019-10-10
Publisher
Burning Eye Books; Burning Eye Books
Weight
66 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Age
00, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
36
Author
Biographical note
Hanan is a Welsh - Iraqi poet, film-maker, scriptwriter and artist living in Wales. She has performed at numerous events across the UK and her work has been featured on both ITV Wales and BBC Radio Wales. Her work has been published in Banat Collective, Hedgehog Press, Sukoon mag, Lumin, sister-hood magazine and MuslimGirl.com. Her winning monologue was performed at Bush Theatre's Hijabi Monologues. She is the co-founder of Cardiff's first BAME open mic series 'Where I'm Coming From'. She was also one of the 2018 Hay Writers at Work. www.hananissa.comMy Body Can House Two Hearts skips across the fragile boundaries of history, culture, relationships, and language. It explores the transitory balance of belonging by tying threads between different places and ideas not often compared. Traverse the poet's perception of her Welsh and Iraqi heritage, her positioning as a woman of colour, and the nuances of feminist action. My Body Can House Two Hearts is a celebration of women's redemptive interdependency and the rejection of patriarchal power.
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MY BODY CAN HOUSE TWO HEARTS skips across the fragile boundaries of history, culture, relationships, and language.
Hanan Issa is the National Poet of Wales 2022-2025
Product details
ISBN
9781911570752
Published
2019-10-10
Publisher
Burning Eye Books; Burning Eye Books
Weight
66 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Age
00, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
36
Author