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'Her language is distinctive, assured, and a marvel to read' Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings 'Safiya Sinclair is offering us a new muscular music that is as brutal as it is beautiful ... A poet who is dangerously talented and desperately needed' Ada Limon, Poet Laureate of the United States 'She laces words together in a beautiful tapestry, full of history, life, death and, most of all, renewal' Morgan Jenkins, New York Times 'Sinclair's material interweaves the personal, the historical, and the political with language of stunning originality' Scotsman 'Dazzling ... Her poems shimmer with the rich colours and sounds of her homeland, but running through is a sense of escape and of exile' Daily Mail 'Precise and provocative ... Sinclair writes with a thrilling sensibility of the texture of savageness' New Statesman 'A singularly gifted writer' The Bookseller

Praise for How to Say Babylon: 'How to Say Babylon is a poet's memoir, a daughter's lyric, a love letter, a rebellion, and an incantation. From the material of history and mythology, both personal and political, Safiya Sinclair has gorgeously and lovingly assembled a story with radiant transformative power. I couldn't put it down' Nadia Osuwu, author of Aftershocks 'When a gifted poet applies her hand to prose, magical, even revelatory things can result. Happily, this is the case with Safiya Sinclair of. In this lyrical, startling, and magnetic memoir about growing up Rastafari, she weaves a story rich in unsettling visions that goad and haunt while waves crest and soar in the background, beckoning a young girl toward a mysterious future. Her words sparkle like silver or pour like lava, depending on the need' Jabari Asim, author of Yonder, a NYT Notable Book 2021 Praise for Safiya Sinclair: 'Her language is distinctive, assured, and a marvel to read' Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings 'Safiya Sinclair is offering us a new muscular music that is as brutal as it is beautiful ... A poet who is dangerously talented and desperately needed' Ada Limon, Poet Laureate of the United States 'She laces words together in a beautiful tapestry, full of history, life, death and, most of all, renewal' Morgan Jenkins, New York Times 'Sinclair's material interweaves the personal, the historical, and the political with language of stunning originality' Scotsman 'Dazzling ... Her poems shimmer with the rich colours and sounds of her homeland, but running through is a sense of escape and of exile' Daily Mail 'Precise and provocative ... Sinclair writes with a thrilling sensibility of the texture of savageness' New Statesman 'A singularly gifted writer' The Bookseller

Praise for How to Say Babylon: ‘A poet's memoir, a daughter’s lyric, a love letter, a rebellion, and an incantation. From the material of history and mythology, both personal and political, Safiya Sinclair has gorgeously and lovingly assembled a story with radiant transformative power. I couldn’t put it down’ Nadia Osuwu, author of Aftershocks ‘Some memoirs grab you by the throat with their truth-is-stranger-than-fiction storylines. Some mesmerize with the power and beauty of the writing. Every once in a while, a book comes along that does both … Both beautifully rendered and an incredible story, How to Say Babylon is a tour de force’ Natasha Trethewey, author of Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir ‘In this lyrical, startling, and magnetic memoir about growing up Rastafari, [Sinclair] weaves a story rich in unsettling visions that goad and haunt while waves crest and soar in the background … Her words sparkle like silver or pour like lava’ Jabari Asim, author of Yonder Praise for Safiya Sinclair: 'Her language is distinctive, assured, and a marvel to read' Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings ‘Safiya Sinclair is offering us a new muscular music that is as brutal as it is beautiful … A poet who is dangerously talented and desperately needed’ Ada Limón, Poet Laureate of the United States ‘She laces words together in a beautiful tapestry, full of history, life, death and, most of all, renewal’ Morgan Jenkins, New York Times ‘Dazzling … Her poems shimmer with the rich colours and sounds of her homeland, but running through is a sense of escape and of exile’ Daily Mail ‘Precise and provocative … Sinclair writes with a thrilling sensibility of the texture of savageness’ New Statesman

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Safiya Sinclair was born and raised in Montego Bay, Jamaica. She is the author of Cannibal, winner of a Whiting Writers' Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Metcalf Award in Literature, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Poetry, and the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, The Nation, Poetry and elsewhere. She is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Arizona State University.

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