Your Body Is War contemplates the psychology of the female human body, looking at the ways it exists and moves in the world, refusing to be contained in the face of grief and trauma. Bold and raw, Mahtem Shiferraw's poems explore what the woman's body has to do to survive and persevere in the world, especially in the aftermath of abuse.

A groundbreaking collection, the poems in Your Body Is War embody elements of conflict, making them simultaneously a place of destruction and of freedom.

Author: Mahtem Shiferraw
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 03/01/2019
Series: African Poetry Book
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d
ISBN: 9781496214133

About the Author
Mahtem Shiferraw is a poet and visual artist from Ethiopia and Eritrea and now divides her time between Los Angeles and Addis Ababa. She is the author of the poetry collection Fuchsia (Nebraska, 2016) and the chapbook Behind Walls and Glass.