How to Cure a Ghost: Fariha Róisín

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I’m a feminist, but I’m a white feminist, and I’m very aware of the privilege which comes with that. I really hate being so judgmental about poetry because I’m sure this really means something to the poet, but it’s so disheartening to read poetry like this that has no understanding or appreciation of form or rhythm. Some of these poems are quite lovely, and I appreciate the poem about The Keepers, as my own family has suffered sexual abuse from the Catholic Church, but rather than rising above such stereotypes she embraces them, covering her contempt for another culture by claiming discrimination against her own.

I can only hope the author was able to forgive those who wronged her and heal her generational trauma.Fariha Roisin’s words combined with gorgeous detail by Monica Ramos and design by Diane Shaw is eye-catching and demands to be heard. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall). In Being in Your Body, Róisín asks: “what would life be like without the negativity that surrounds our bodies? To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. was a much-needed history lesson, ruminating on the year where the Pakistani army invaded Bangladesh, committing genocide of three million Bangladeshis.

The illustrations also add a nice touch and bring depth to certain themes discussed in the poetry collection. I feel that if this were more condensed, without the filler tumblr-esque poetry, it would be a true gem. though some poems were very personal (i particularly liked “rumi” and “self portraiture”), the entirety of the book was distancing, and began to feel repetitive for me at around 30%. She seeks to re-educate throughout, such as in ‘what 9/11 did to us’ – 2,976 Americans died that day. I can't dive deeper into the meaning of the poems because they feel as a way to deal with her own trauma and feelings, and it feels wrong to rate them when I have not shared similar experiences.

There were some stanzas and lines that were just not very good and read more like a tumblr rant than a thought-out piece of work. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. n’s poetry book is a collection of her thoughts as a young, queer, Muslim femme navigating the difficulties of her intersectionality. i have read and enjoyed a few poetry collections over the last few years but this one certainly does stand out in the crowd.

She’s also a pop culture fiend, casually dropping references to Heathers, Game of Thrones, and Harry Potter in amongst verses dealing with abortion, Islamophobia, and abuse. Over the summer, I saw a few Bookstagram accounts raving about early review copies of Fariha Róisín’s How to Cure a Ghost. If Fariha Roisin does not want to be judged for how she looks than she needs to work on not judging others by the same stereotypes. It’s a beautiful book full of brilliantly written poems that speak volumes to both your heart and soul.

And 400,000 women were raped ( they were not known and never will be known … r emember us, like you’d remember white death). Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here. I’m acutely familiar with that, more times than I’d care to admit, so I couldn’t help but really relate to and enjoy some bits. The “ghost” she attempts to cure stands for many things: white supremacy, her mother, the patriarchy, Islamophobia, unkindness, her ancestors… Ultimately, it’s a book about survival, dedicated to survivors. This journal is a conversation starter on how to talk about what ails us only with our bodies so that we can start (finally, collectively) moving towards self love and acceptance on a holistic global level.