<b>The much-anticipated debut collection by the winner of the Outspoken Performance Poetry Prize: a tender meditation on queerness and Islam</b><b>''Dissolving whatever boundaries would wall us off from love, Ahsan finds a way to let it all be holy'' Victoria Adukwei-Bulley</b><b>''When I speak of the word "sacred", Sanah Ahsan''s <i>I cannot be good until you say it</i> will forever instantly spring to mind ... A masterpiece - an honour to have read this book, I am forever changed after reading its beauty'' Nikita Gill</b><b>''Innovative and deeply compassionate ... multilingual verse suffused with a vital musicality and a palpable tenderness, Ahsan calls poetry into prayer and evokes a faith safe enough to be mothered by'' </b><b>Mary Jean Chan</b><b>''Dexterous, varied, erotic, filled with rage, worships and wonder ... I am electrified'' P¿aig ¿Tuama</b><b>''Tensions of psychological drama, together with an induced sense of yearning.. what an artful and inspired set of poems'' Antho