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ⓘ About Warsan Shire
Warsan’s poetry has been published in various literary publications, including Poetry Review, Wasafiri, and Magma. Her verse has been featured in “Ten: The New Wave”, “Salt Book of Younger Poets”, and “New Daughters of Africa”. Her poetry has been translated into a number of languages, including Danish, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, and Estonian. Warsan uses not just her own personal experiences but those of people to whom she is close. She either knows or is every person that she has written about, as or for. However she does imagine them in their most intimate of settings. Her main interest is writing about and for people that are typically not heard from otherwise, like refugees and immigrants along with other marginalized groups of people.
All Book Series by Warsan Shire
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2011
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2022
Too Young, Too Loud, Too Different
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2021
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Warsan Shire?
Warsan’s poetry has been published in various literary publications, including Poetry Review, Wasafiri, and Magma. Her verse has been featured in “Ten: The New Wave”, “Salt Book of Younger Poets”, and “New Daughters of Africa”. Her poetry has been translated into a number of languages, including Danish, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, and Estonian.
Which Warsan Shire series should I start with?
Warsan Shire's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth (2011).
How many books has Warsan Shire written?
Warsan Shire has 10 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2011 and 2022. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Anthologies and Collections.
In what order should Warsan Shire's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 10 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Warsan Shire's books organised into series?
This guide splits Warsan Shire's 10 books into categories rather than numbered series: Anthologies (6 books); Collections (4 books).