About the Authors:-
Wahid Al Mamun (b. 1997) is a poet and Ph.D. student in Anthropology at McGill University. He grew up in Singapore and lives in Montréal. Wahid’s creative and academic interests lie in the intersections of migration, performance and intimacy. His poems and translations have appeared in the Cordite Poetry Review, PR&TA Journal and QLRS, and has also appeared in installations at the Singapore Art Museum, People’s Studio, and on the MRT. He has also performed his works at writers’ festivals in Singapore and Melbourne. What God Took Your Legs Away is his debut in print.
Praise:-
· “What God Took Your Legs Away is a luminous debut—truthful, tender, and unafraid. Wahid Al Mamun weaves memory, migration, and identity into poems that pulse with quiet intensity. This is a collection that resonates deeply, asking not only where we come from, but how we carry that knowing in our bodies.”—Balli Kaur Jaswal, novellist
· “These are poems of movement, of migration, of kindred spirits and companionship. The lines reflect a relentless flux, scintillating and sinewy; they feel hard-won, the product of a life keenly lived and keenly observed. Wahid Al Mamun has made tangible braids out of water that run straight into your soul.”—Alfian Sa’at, playwright and poet
· “A smart, interestingly varied, and beautiful collection” – Teo You Yenn, author and educator
