By Mimi Mutesa & Selvi M. Bunce

HARDBACK

OUT NOW!

Coming soon in paperback

This impressive and enjoyable debut poetry collection by American-Tamil poet Selvi M. Bunce and Ugandan poet Mimi Mutesa is enriched with unique illustrations by Mimi. It is a fiery challenge to preconceptions of race and relationships through poems of autobiography and self-empowerment.

These poems are bold, humorous, and uninhibited, charting revelatory journeys through the complexities of identity, family, love, and independence. ‘Dedicated to all of us who are bad, brown and brazen.’

"I wouldn’t be surprised if, in five years’ time, this collection is adaptedfor Broadway à la Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls..." - Da'Shawn Mosley, editor and journalist

"This collection is beautiful because it is not one thing – just like we, as brown women, are not one thing. We are complex, multi-faceted and sometimes contradictory. I read this book thinking I knew what to expect (being a British South Asian woman myself) but, by the end, I felt like I had traversed the private moments of friends trying to tell me their secret musings!" - Nishma Jethwa, (she/they), Co- Founder & Director, The Rights Collective

"..an unforgiving, uncensored, and quite literally naked picture of what it feels like to journey to a new land and the hardships that come with this as well on a deeper level. From the perils of being a woman of colour, to love, acceptance, new beginnings, and hope, this book takes the reader on quite the journey that is familiar through change and self-awareness. Like a bite of dark chocolate, this book is rich, bittersweet, a little discomforting, and by the end of it all, very satisfying." - Ivor Samuel M, Ugandan Poet

Mimi Mutesa (she/they) grew up in Uganda, and by the time she graduated high school, she had attended over a dozen schools across four countries in Africa. She is a recovering podcast producer, currently taking time off after having covered US politics in Washington D.C. She now lives in Uganda with her husband, their dog Van Dam, and her countless potted plants.

Selvi M. Bunce (she/they) grew up in Minnesota, USA as the daughter of an Indian mother and Irish-English father. Travelling to India every few years gave her a complex sense of home and allowed her space to build her identity while growing up in a white community. She has written for academic journals and spoken at diversity conferences and TEDx. Selvi currently lives and studies in Dublin with her husband and dog. Her most cherished hobby is curling up on the couch with her dog, a good book, and a hot cup of masala chai.

Watch a Q&A with Mimi & Selvi below: