Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth is a difficult read, but it is a necessary one. It challenges the reader to look at the lineage of pain in their own families. It asks: What have we inherited that we did not ask for? And how do we teach our ancestors to heal so that we might be free?
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In the landscape of contemporary poetry, few voices have resonated with the visceral intensity of Warsan Shire. The London-based Somali poet, who would later gain global recognition for her collaboration with Beyoncé on Lemonade , began her published journey with the 2011 chapbook Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth . teaching my mother how to give birth pdf