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Leila Farjami's debut collection, Daughter of Salt, vacillates between rebellion, acceptance, and empathy. Moving between land and sea, mother and daughter, Iran and the United States, these poems chart a matrilineal inheritance shaped by war and endurance. Patriarchy, intergenerational trauma, and displacement swirl together, colored by the frustration at being expected to hold it all together for everyone else: A daughter made of salt—a dead sea to keep bodies afloat. This collection moves the reader into remembrance and healing; the preservation and renewal of the self that occurs when grace is given to others and ourselves, when we allow ourselves to keep close the memories we share with those we have lost.