This Is How We Disappear
This Is How We Disappear by Titilope Sonuga, published by Write Bloody North in April 2019, is a poetry collection that delves into the themes of physical and emotional disappearance of women while celebrating the transformative power of shapeshifting as a means of survival. With 106 pages, this edition presents a nuanced exploration of how women navigate and overcome the challenges they face.
Readers will find that the poems engage in a dialogue with one another, emphasizing the resilience and strength of women as they confront various obstacles. The collection reflects on both small and significant acts of resistance, illustrating how individuals can choose life and become the architects of their own joy, even amidst adversity. This work resonates with themes related to African American and Black experiences, as well as the broader context of women authors in poetry.
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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.
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.
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.
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