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Consensual Genocide

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

4.3/5 ( ratings)

This long-awaited first collection of poetry by queer Sri Lankan writer and spoken-word artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is full of the stories we've been waiting for. Tracing bloodlines from Sri Lanka's civil wars to Brooklyn and Toronto streets, these fierce poems are full of heart and guts, telling raw truths about brown girl border crossings before and after 9/11, surviving abuse, mixed-race journeys and high femme rebellions. Consensual Genocide celebrates our survival and marks our rebel memories into history.

Language: English

Pages: 73

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Tsar Publications

Release: January 01, 2006

ISBN: 1894770293

ISBN 13: 9781894770293

Consensual Genocide

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

4.3/5 ( ratings)

This long-awaited first collection of poetry by queer Sri Lankan writer and spoken-word artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is full of the stories we've been waiting for. Tracing bloodlines from Sri Lanka's civil wars to Brooklyn and Toronto streets, these fierce poems are full of heart and guts, telling raw truths about brown girl border crossings before and after 9/11, surviving abuse, mixed-race journeys and high femme rebellions. Consensual Genocide celebrates our survival and marks our rebel memories into history.

Language: English

Pages: 73

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Tsar Publications

Release: January 01, 2006

ISBN: 1894770293

ISBN 13: 9781894770293

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