Written by Nubia Yasin
with illustrations by Nadifah Abdul-Rasheed

The Blood and Body is a collection of poetry by multidisciplinary artist Nubia Yasin.

Family photos, surreal illustrations, and Yasin’s own unique voice as a self described First Generation Somali-Southern Belle combine to create a new world, one equipped with its own folklore and laws of physics.

With her poetry, Yasin crafts a world where babies are born from their mother’s throats. A world where a scorned lover can climb directly into her cheating husband’s chest…

…to see who has his heart now.

About Nubia—

Nubia Yasin is a Memphis born multidisciplinary artist who uses her craft to explore themes around shame, sex, love, and family, with an acute focus on the Black Femme experience. She often pulls from her family history as a first generation Somali-American living in the south to tell stories about Black womanhood and Black motherhood. Her work is imbued with a sense of spirituality, incorporating elements of Islam and Southern American Hoodoo.

This is her debut poetry collection. We are honored to bring this into the world with her. Please join us in celebration and support her efforts.

Printed in Sussex, UK
September 2022
5.5 x 7 inches / 14 x 17.8 cm
76 pages
18 fotos, 19 illustrations

Edition of 400

The Special Edition (50) includes a 7.5 x 7.5 inch poster in gold and brown risograph ink printed by our friends in Lancaster, Pennsyvlania, RISOLVE, in September of 2022.