Poetry collection 'Customs' is rooted in un-rootedness
In her highly anticipated second collection, Solmaz Sharif examines the language of rules — exploring conformity and naming losses. Migration, borders, and displacement are constants in these poems.
It seems peculiar that one could get stuck in a state of perpetual mobility.
In theory, movement is the opposite of being stuck. But in America, surveillance can be the punishment for seeking freedom, and to be allowed movement across the country's borders is to be indoctrinated into a set of rules. In her highly anticipated second collection , Solmaz Sharif examines the language of these rules and considers how we can truly
