Let Me Tell You This
2019
First Published
4.48
Average Rating
86
Number of Pages
The electrifying debut collection from a powerful new voice in UK poetry. Shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2018. Let Me Tell You This is a vital exploration of racism, gender and the sustaining and restorative bonds between women, told with Jassat’s searing precision and lyricism. Her poems seep into the reader, and deliver a punch to the chest. "A punchy, powerful debut." - Jackie Kay (Trumpet) "An important collection of poems, incisive, delicate and precise, as it interrogates the trauma of systemic and every day racism. Jassat is unflinching as she delivers lyrical gut punches that stay with you for days." - Nikesh Shukla (The One Who Wrote Destiny)
Avg Rating
4.48
Number of Ratings
206
5 STARS
59%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author
Nadine Aisha Jassat
Author · 3 books
Nadine Aisha Jassat is the author of acclaimed poetry collection Let Me Tell You This, and The Stories Grandma Forgot (And How I Found Them), a gripping middle grade verse mystery which shines a light on Alzheimer’s and identity. Her work has been published widely in popular anthologies such as Picador’s It’s Not About the Burqa (Shortlisted for Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year), Bloodaxe’s Staying Human, and more. She has drawn significant acclaim: including being shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award, a Herald Scottish Culture Award for Outstanding Literature, and winning a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. Nadine has taught creative writing and performed internationally and across media, from taking part in Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Outriders Africa to appearing in BBC’s The Big Scottish Book Club, and has worked with schools, libraries and arts and equalities organisations across the UK and internationally.
