Heavy is the Head

Name: Heavy is the Head
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9781771682978
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By Sumaya Enyegue

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Heavy is the Head is Sumaya Enyegue's debut poetry collection that explores the complexities of girlhood, Blackness, generational trauma, sexual assault, and mental health. The poems confront pain and healing without sugar-coating, speaking to those with difficult names, soft hearts, and beyond. This collection invites readers from all backgrounds to engage with the shared heaviness of the human experience.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This collection is suited for readers interested in contemporary poetry addressing themes of identity, trauma, and resilience, particularly those exploring Black experiences and emotional healing.

“Where does all the grief go when it’s not tugging at your wrist?” Enyegue’s debut collection is an ode to girlhood, to Blackness, to generational trauma, sexual assault, and mental health.

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“Where does all the grief go when it’s not tugging at your wrist?” Enyegue’s debut collection is an ode to girlhood, to Blackness, to generational trauma, sexual assault, and mental health.

This collection does not aim to heal anyone who reads it, but instead help them confront their own healing. Rather than sugar-coated bullets that enter you lightly, these poems are designed to hurt.

They are for the girls with difficult names, the boys with softness at their core, and the people with neither. They are meant for the people who are Black, and the people who are not—because we are all tethered together by the heaviness of the human experience.

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"Matter-of-factly accomplished and compelling." — Foreword Reviews

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ISBN: 9781771682978

Publisher: Central Avenue Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 August 2023

Country: Canada

Imprint: Central Avenue Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 159g

Pages: 128

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry Sumaya Enyegue

About the Author

Sumaya Enyegue is a poet from Cape Town, South Africa, trying to navigate her early twenties while simultaneously juggling med school and spilling her feelings all over social media. When she isn’t writing, you can find her reading, frantically trying to find her stethoscope, or pretending she’s a functioning adult. Her favorite things include the color green, British panel shows, her family, her friends, and Captain Raymond Holt from B99.