A Debut collection from Black British poet A J Akoto. When is a mother a myth, and when is she a monster?In an intimate and unflinching collection, A J Akoto tracks the complex bind of mother-daughter relationships. Through separation and attempts to mend, longing, and the fluidity of myth/story-telling in defining histories and identities, she collapses the elision between womanhood and motherhood/daughterhood, bringing to the forefront that which usually remains unspoken.

A J Akoto is a creative of Ghanaian heritage, living and working in London. Unmothered is her first collection of poetry.