Rakhshan Rizwan is a writer and scholar working at the intersection of creative and scholarly practice. She is a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has a PhD in Comparative Literature. She is the winner of the Judith Khan Memorial Prize for Poetry (), and her debut pamphlet Paisley (The Emma Press, ) was shortlisted in the Saboteur Awards as well as . As well as startling free verse, Rizwan's many accomplished ghazals both explore and demonstrate her fascination with multilingualism, code-switching, displacement and belonging. The poems in Paisley are an unflinchingly feminist assault on received ideas about womanhood which present the reader with often-uncomfortable truths. · In her debut pamphlet Paisley, Rakhsan Rizwan impresses with an alert and peripatetic poetic consciousness. Drawing on the cultural and linguistic landscape of Pakistan, now filtered through an expat’s lens, these poems explore the complexities of defining and defending cultural identity, often contrasted against a Western European backdrop that is at best aloof, at worst openly hostile.
Paisley by Rakhshan Rizwan Ap Ap Karen Goodwin Phoebe walker, Rizwan Rakhshan, The Emma Press-Reviewed by Phoebe Walker-In her debut pamphlet Paisley, Rakhsan Rizwan impresses with an alert and peripatetic poetic consciousness. Drawing on the cultural and linguistic landscape of Pakistan, now filtered through an expat. Paisley. £ - £ Paisley is the debut pamphlet of poems by Rakhshan Rizwan. With an introduction by Leila Aboulela. "Her mother's letters arrive on yellowing papyrus from Lucknow and mimic the way she speaks: using the formal address app instead of tum. She lifts the affections, admonishments from the page and holds them close. Paisley. Rakhshan Rizwan. poetry challenging reflective slow-paced. 36 pages | first published Buy Browse editions. United States Bookshop US. Other countries Bookshop UK Blackwell's. The StoryGraph is an affiliate of the featured links. We earn commission on any purchases made. Buy Editions.
Paisley 1st Edition is written by Rakhshan Rizwan and published by The Emma Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Paisley are , and the print ISBNs are , Save up to 80% versus print by going digital with VitalSource. As well as startling free verse, Rizwan’s many accomplished ghazals both explore and demonstrate her fascination with multilingualism, code-switching, displacement and belonging. The poems in Paisley are an unflinchingly feminist assault on received ideas about womanhood which present the reader with often-uncomfortable truths. Rakshan Rizwan’s poem ‘Europe’ talks about origins and overlays, the way one church is literally and mephorically superimposed on another, and then the ancient traces dug up again. But even in the digging up, the story is distorted and damaged: They have taken paisley captive and retained the Kohinoor, but nothing else.
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