Survival Takes a Wild Imagination: Poems Decks How Beautiful We Were

How Beautiful We Were

a pampered twenty-year‑old

Gee and Noelle

and friendship take center stage as Nick tries to figure out how to navigate his parents’ divorce

But so often

Survival Takes a Wild Imagination: Poems Decks How Beautiful We WereIn the powerful follow up to her critically acclaimed debut collection, poet and activist Fariha Risn is writing, praying, clawing, and scratching her way out of the grips of generational trauma on the search for the freedom her mother never received and the kindness she couldnt give. This collection of poetry asks a kaleidoscope of questions: Who is my family? My father? How do I love a mother no longer here? Can I see myself? What does it mean to be