{"product_id":"hum-poems-paperback","title":"Hum: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSanam Sheriff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Backwaters Prize in Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe word \"hum\" in Urdu can mean both \"we\" and \"I.\" In English, it's a gesture of sound--a vibration. Sanam Sheriff's \u003ci\u003eHUM\u003c\/i\u003e is a trans call to the beauty of attempt rather than the clarity of arrival. This book seeks as the pilgrim seeks, wandering from a plural sense of self with a lyric attunement to the wound's power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing a queer, trans, Muslim speaker who grew up in southern India and migrated to the United States, Sheriff's debut collection invites us to listen: to how yearning for a country blurs with yearning for a beloved; to how exile, for queer and trans people, is where the body itself becomes a place of dignity and prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnriched by Urdu lyric traditions of love, and love mourned, \u003ci\u003eHUM\u003c\/i\u003e raises the queer erotic to the heavens, even as the grief of separation lingers as paradise lost. Here, Sheriff weaves together the two most potent threads of human life: pain and love, strummed until they sing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSanam Sheriff\u003c\/b\u003e is a queer poet, performer, and educator from Bangalore, India. From 2022 to 2025, they served as a visiting assistant professor of creative writing at Bryn Mawr College. Sheriff curates the Poets' Studio with Twelve Gates Arts in Philadelphia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924664451151,"sku":"9781496248022","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/8328\/0463\/files\/i2GRR-GSjS9781496248022.webp?v=1793289043","url":"https:\/\/easonbooks.com\/products\/hum-poems-paperback","provider":"EasonBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}