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Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of love, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes, the men, they come with keys, and sometimes the men, they come with hammers.

Warsan Shire

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Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire

Born: August 1, 1988 (age 36)
Bio: Warsan Shire is a London-based Somali writer, poet, editor and teacher. She has received the Brunel University's African Poetry Prize, chosen from a shortlist of six candidates out of a total 655 entries.
Known for:
  1. Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth (2011)
  2. Her Blue Body (2015)
  3. The Pity (2014)

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