{"product_id":"hair-on-fire-sarah-coolidge-9781949641844","title":"Hair on Fire: Afghan Women Poets","description":"\u003cb\u003eSix female Afghan poets wield language to combat the lon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eeliness, absurdity, and claustrophobia of life in a war-torn country and its diaspora.\u003c\/b\u003e There are \"hypnotic, long beards\" tangled with mass extinctions; hateful men burning grapevines; black blindfolds; jinn in chadors; and condoms advertised every eight minutes on TV. Interspersing these are tender moments: one poet describes brushing her daughter's hair, while another imagines a tree growing at the center of a room, undisturbed by the bombs outside. In the wake of the Taliban's escalating war on Afghan women's rights, \u003ci\u003eHair on Fire \u003c\/i\u003eis a blazing tribute to a group of exceptional poetesses and a reminder of what we lose when voices are silenced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Coolidge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949641848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949641844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Lines Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Sarah Coolidge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46767373746431,"sku":"9781949641844","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ffaad5a0-9870-42bb-a707-04f736390b0c.jpg?v=1744169629","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hair-on-fire-sarah-coolidge-9781949641844","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}