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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head: Poems Binding:Paperback Behind You Is the SeaPoems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyonc's Lemonade and Black Is King, award winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire "The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts." Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist "Warsan Shire is our ultimate modern poet. . . . This is our James Baldwin." The New York Times Culture Desk LONGLISTED FOR THE GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE ONE OF THE BEST