Small Inheritances
Belinda Zhawi
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From the publisher
Small Inheritances reflects the dialogue between two cultures and geographies, on mistakes often made and the push and pull of ancestry and migration. The poems, born from raw suburban reality, are set free with such strong imagery, coupled with a direct lyrical energy, that you can almost hear the words on the page.
“Belinda Zhawi’s work is characterised by a global sensibility, attuned to several approaches to making a poem. Small Inheritances is a masterclass in what a poem is and can be for in the present moment. There is protest in these pages, but also a glimpse of what healing might look like, whether in a moment of intimacy or in different kinds of intoxication. There are intergenerational kinships and echoes in these poems that illuminate a poetics that so many of us have been crying out for.”—Kayo Chingonyi