These poems are a lyrical and illuminative response to problems of gender, race, colonialism, and displacement, and they are as serious artistically as they are politicallya perfect fit for the CHP list.
Ladan's work is informed by the long tradition of Somali poetry, and she's invested in making that poetry available to English readers through her own work. Very little Somali poetry appears in English, and her perspective is one that CHP is excited to bring to readers.
Ladan is a poet's poetshe has a lot of admirers who take her work very seriously, but her work also has broad appeal and will resonate with the readers of younger poets like Hieu Minh Nguyen, Danez Smith, Fatimah Asghar, and Justin Phillip Reed.
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