Wife
“Wife” by Tiphanie Yanique, published by Peepal Tree Press Limited in 2015, is a collection of 70 pages written in English. This book presents a nuanced exploration of marriage, intertwining sharp commentary on gender inequalities with celebratory reflections on intimacy. The poems engage in a dialogue that balances the complexities of domestic life with broader themes of self-creation and societal connections.
Readers will find that the poems in “Wife” are both elegantly spare and deeply focused on the physicality of relationships and the intricacies of domestic spaces. The work delves into the intersections of family, community, and identity, while also referencing cultural narratives, such as the parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Through this blend of themes, Yanique’s poetry invites contemplation on the roles and expectations within marriage and the broader implications for individuals and society.
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The title of Wife is both ironic and deeply serious. There are wittily sharp poems on the gender inequalities and potential prisons of marriage, that are in dialogue with poems that celebrate the physical joys of intimacy and poems that explore the processes of self-creation that take place in the closeness to the male other. These spare, elegant poems are not only intensely body focused and attentive to the minutiae of domestic space, but that they make connections to the worlds of family, church, village and nation – and even, in a poem the references the parable of the wise and foolish virgins, to the soul.
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