I am 27 and have never killed a manbut I know the face of death as if heirloommy country memorizes murder as lullaby--from "For Fahd"Textured with the sights and sounds of growing up in East New York in the nineties, to school on the South Side of Chicago, all the way to the olive groves of Palestine, My Mother Is a Freedom Fighter is Aja Monet's ode to mothers, daughters, and sisters--the tiny gods who fight to change the world. Complemented by striking cover art from Carrie Mae Weems, these stunning poems tackle racism, sexism, genocide, displacement, heartbreak, and grief, but also love, motherhood, spirituality, and Black joy.

My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter

I am 27 and have never killed a man   but I know the face of death as if heirloom   my country memorizes murder as lullaby   --from "For Fahd"   Textured with the sights and sounds of growing up in East New York in the nineties, to school on the South Side of Chicago, all the way to the olive groves of Palestine,  My Mother Is a Freedom Fighter  is Aja Monet's ode to mothers, daughters, and sisters--the tiny gods who fight to change the world. Complemented by striking cover art from Carrie Mae Weems, these stunning poems tackle racism, sexism, genocide, displacement, heartbreak, and grief, but also love, motherhood, spirituality, and Black joy.

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