"I Am The Beggar of the World" touches on "landays" - short poems by women of Afghanistan. These two line poems pack a punch. Here are a couple examples: "My body is fresh as henna leaf - green outside; inside, raw meat." (or) "I'm in love! I won't deny it, even if you gouge out my green tattoos with a knife." Short, witty, pithy, poems from women wrestling with identity, love, war, sex, religion and womanhood. The book is accentuate with powerful black and white photography of Seamus Murphy. Eliza Griswold serves as translator and guide providing context and stories behind the landays shared here. An insightful book for those interested poetry, photography and life in contemporary Afghanistan.