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Umbilical Cord

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Lambda Literary and Stonewall Book Award-winner Hasan Namir shares a joyful collection about parenting, fatherhood, and hope. These warm, free-verse poems document the journey that he and his husband took to have a child. Between love letters to their young son, Namir shares insight into his love story with his husband, the complexities of the IVF surrogacy process, and the first year as a family of three. Umbilical Cord is a heartfelt book for parents or would-be parents, with a universal message of hope.

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Hasan Namir

Hasan Namir is an Iraqi-Canadian author. He graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BA in English and received the Ying Chen Creative Writing Student Award. He is the author of God in Pink (2015), which won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction and was chosen as one of the Top 100 Books of 2015 by The Globe and Mail. His work has also been in media across Canada. He is also the author of the poetry book War/Torn (2019, Book*hug Press) which received the 2020 Barbara Gittings Honor Book Award from the Stonewall Book Awards, and children’s book The Name I Call Myself (2020). Hasan lives in Vancouver with his husband and child.

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 It Takes Two – Turkey Baster Method – Dear Child – You and I – Was It the Time? – Dear Child – Tarn Is Love – Engagement Photos – Dear Child … 11 $1.10

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 Dear Child – K Is for Kiran – Kangaroo Care – Dear Child – Induction – 34 Weeks and 2 Days – Dear Child – If I Hadn’t Met You – Cipralex-Part … 14 $1.40

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 Dear Child – Tired – Is This the End? – Dear Child – Your Love Saved Me – Industrial Scissors – Dear Child – Our Silver and Blue Wedding – Daycare … 21 $2.10

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 Dear Child – Neonatal Intensive Care-Day III – Neonatal Intensive Care-Discharge Day – Dear Child – Car Seat – Netflix and Parenting – Dear Child – Cry … 21 $2.10

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 Dear Child – The Truth Is… – Your Smile, My Kangaroo – Dear Child – Tummy Time – Pregnancy Symptoms – Dear Child – They Told Her – Delivery … 20 $2.00

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 Dear Child – 50/50 – Alexa – Dear Child – Crying Interpretations – Christmas 2019 – Dear Child – Some Sleepless Nights – Eye See – Dear Child … 16 $1.60

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 Dear Child – I Am a Father – I Am a Mother – Dear Child – Umbilical Cord – Dear Child 8 $0.80