Giday, Bitaniya: Motherland [2020/21 Seattle Youth Poet Laureate]

Poetry Northwest Editions, paperback

Publication Date: June 15, 2021

Publisher Marketing: The sixth collection in the Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Series, Motherland is a breathtaking exploration of womanhood and blackness framed by family, immigration, and history. Giday blends lyric and experimentation to bring her experiences as a first-generation Ethiopian American to life and asks insightful, difficult questions about how we all experience the world. Her combination of traditional storytelling and contemporary influence infuses her poems with a conscious power wielded to invoke the reader's reflection, consideration, and awareness.