Darling Girl

By S. Niroshini

Everything begins with a kiss at the plantation and then a disrobing

Niroshini's poems live at the intersection of beauty, history and violence. They embody the stillness within the maelstrom required to reclaim oneself from unlawful ownership, from colonial and gender-based trauma. We find ourselves on a rooftop in Colombo, in Neruda's latrine, submerged in the waters of the Indian Ocean, and on the battlefield with Kali, imagined as a mother in conversation with her daughter. The voices contained within each tableau are tenderly devastating, entreating girls, like the gods, to call out their one thousand and eight names.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913268179
• ISBN13: 9781913268176
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Bad Betty Press
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"