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06 C 33
'Built up. The next word is frustration but this is too weak. Trauma comes close but this doesn't describe the heaviness.
I was taking a break from working on. The Brown Anthology, going back to my writing for maybe 30 minutes. I did not move for about 2-3 hours. It poured out.'
Poetry, micro-fiction, two maps of the British Museum (before and after The Apology) and the first and last ship of enslaved labourers from the port of Madras to Natal, 1860 and 1911. About the trauma, navigation, reconciliation, anger and power of being Brown.
I was taking a break from working on. The Brown Anthology, going back to my writing for maybe 30 minutes. I did not move for about 2-3 hours. It poured out.'
Poetry, micro-fiction, two maps of the British Museum (before and after The Apology) and the first and last ship of enslaved labourers from the port of Madras to Natal, 1860 and 1911. About the trauma, navigation, reconciliation, anger and power of being Brown.
147 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 10, 2021
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September 11, 2021
“You are right. I am wrong.
Your colour is right. My colour is wrong.”
06C33 — roughly the colour of your skin, the title of the book — sets the direction in which the book is going to be led right from the beginning. It’s the experience of the author living in her identity, struggling between the identity of her parents’ country and the one of hers. It’s a peek into the life that the author has lived, speaking for many others who are in her place.
“Food does not discriminate. It will become a part of you regardless of your race.” — across the cultures, food has been seen as something that binds people together, helps them in ways to reconnect with what’s been lost, we see that unfold in this. From trying to distinguish between two cuisines to making both of them her own, it’s a validation of who the author is.
“The Brown languages have a heartbeat in sync with your Brown heart. You are their natural rhythm.” — in the end, it’s coming out in comfort and belief that you don’t have to be more for either of the identities that you struggle with. Your experiences make who you are, and that’s perfectly all right.
Writing reviews for a collection of poems is never easy, there cannot be a single interpretation for them, this review is different from what I usually write — a few scattered thoughts to give you a peek into what you’re in for.
Your colour is right. My colour is wrong.”
06C33 — roughly the colour of your skin, the title of the book — sets the direction in which the book is going to be led right from the beginning. It’s the experience of the author living in her identity, struggling between the identity of her parents’ country and the one of hers. It’s a peek into the life that the author has lived, speaking for many others who are in her place.
“Food does not discriminate. It will become a part of you regardless of your race.” — across the cultures, food has been seen as something that binds people together, helps them in ways to reconnect with what’s been lost, we see that unfold in this. From trying to distinguish between two cuisines to making both of them her own, it’s a validation of who the author is.
“The Brown languages have a heartbeat in sync with your Brown heart. You are their natural rhythm.” — in the end, it’s coming out in comfort and belief that you don’t have to be more for either of the identities that you struggle with. Your experiences make who you are, and that’s perfectly all right.
Writing reviews for a collection of poems is never easy, there cannot be a single interpretation for them, this review is different from what I usually write — a few scattered thoughts to give you a peek into what you’re in for.
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