Papier Mâché

“I will fold you the universe

And shelve it into jars,

Each one of them containing

A thousand paper stars.”

Love’s gentleness and ache meet the fragility of paper and the might of pen in Tamanda Kanjaye’s collection of sweet and thoughtful poems that are earnest and unassuming. Against the backdrop of sparse, wistful illustrations, Papier Mâché is a delicate expression of emotion and vulnerability as forces strong enough to craft ink castles and powerful enough to inflict razor-sharp paper cuts.