89plus Marathon 2013: Warsan Shire - A Reading

Warsan Shire reads her poems, Ugly, The House, The Diet, What We Own, and Conversations About Home at the Deportation Centre. Warsan Shire is a Kenyan-born Somali poet, writer, editor and educator who is based in London. In 2011, Shire released Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth, a poetry pamphlet published by flipped eye. Shire's poetry featured prominently in Beyoncé's 2016 feature length film Lemonade. The 89plus Marathon brought emerging practitioners, born in or after 1989, together with influential thinkers of all generations.