Self-Portrait With Family Spawn there was nowhere more dangerous

there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground

they have been hideouts for pirates and have given rise to astonishing scientific discoveries

beguiling and powerfully relevant' JUNO DAWSON

It is joyfully funny - stuffed full of hard-earned wisdom as well as countless digressions on fishing

from the food scientist-confidante of some of the world’s best chefs

Self-Portrait With Family Spawn there was nowhere more dangerousIn Self Portrait With Family, Amaan Hyder traces a personal history of family and queerness. With poems that focus on coming out, the collection depicts the relationship between a son and his parents, and an immigrant family and its community in the diaspora. Featuring snapshots of conversations across dinner tables and phone lines, Hyders striking and beautifully precise poems bring into relief what is said and not said, the retreat from speech and