{"product_id":"chai-cannot-be-made-in-juwairiah-m-9781739460105","title":"chai cannot be made in a kettle: poems of diaspora and belonging","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003echai cannot be made in a kettle\u003c\/em\u003e, Juwairiah speaks of belonging, straddling the gaps between cultures, outlooks and worldviews, and embracing the dissonance of her identity as a British, Muslim, Indian woman. Her verses explore the meaning of home as a multicultural and multilingual household. 'Some mornings, \/ I peep through the keyhole, \/ watch her and her father converse in Swahili.\/ I do not understand their language so instead\/ I watch her tongue dance.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe writes about her connection to her faith and community, poignantly articulating the ways in which these are misunderstood, marginalised and commodified in modern-day Britain, and the verbal and cultural acrobatics involved in having an identity that bridges cultural and linguistic divides. 'We surrendered syllables so that we would fit in, \/ muted rhymes and rhythms so we weren't booted out.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScents and flavours evoke a lost heritage in many of the poems in \u003cem\u003echai cannot be made in a kettle\u003c\/em\u003e. The rituals of community and faith create a background rhythm to Juwairiah's poems, the ache of a wistful collective memory interacting with the everyday liminal realities of life as a British Indian woman: 'I heard whispers of brown sacred women, \/ who lay under darkness, longing for their motherland.\/ A place where bodies bathe in sweet honey milk, \/ doused in ancient cardamom pods.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juwairiah M\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1739460103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781739460105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lote Tree Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Juwairiah M","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873802825983,"sku":"9781739460105","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chai-cannot-be-made-in-juwairiah-m-9781739460105","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}