A review by therkive
Girls That Never Die by Safia Elhillo

5.0

I think that this is the poetry book I needed to get me back into reading poetry. This was an achingly and hauntingly beautiful collection. Elhillo writes about about the experience of an immigrant, specifically of a Muslim girl navigating the waters between home (culture, shame, religion, assault) and the outside (racism, microaggressions, western 'rebellion'). She uses a myriad of formats to do so, each piece equally gutting and tender. The structures of each piece varied and that piqued interest, keeping me hooked for each new piece and struck me speechless with the intimate tone of grief and trauma hidden between the lines.