When the Wild Things Mend

We kneel in the wreckagePalms upturnedSorting shardsHereyour grandmother's silenceTheremy cracked defianceWe glue them with goldNot to hide the breaksBut to make the seams glowIn this powerful debut poetry collection, Sahar Dandan maps the space between a woman's silence and her scream, examining the wounds that shape womanhood and the legacies mothers pass on.Dandan's visceral and incisive poetry explores the ways women are taught to be, the shapes they are obliged to take, and the margins they are expected to confine themselves to. From generation to generation, these traditions are passed down in fairy tales left unfinished and lullabies sharpened into weapons.Both arresting and resonant, When the Wild Things Mend challenges readers to plant gardens of rebellion and stitch their names into the spines of books they were told they shouldn't write.