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Somebody Give This Heart a Pen
- Author
- Sophia Thakur
- Narrator
- Sophia Thakur
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 22 August 2023
- Run Time
- 1 hour 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Be with yourself for a moment.
Be yourself for a moment.
Airplane mode everything but yourself for a moment.
From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a stirring collection of coming-of-age poems exploring issues of identity, difference, perseverance, relationships, fear, loss, and joy. From youth to school to family life to falling in love and falling back out again—the poems draw on the author's experience as a young mixed-race woman trying to make sense of a lonely and complicated world. With a strong narrative voice and emotional empathy, this is poetry that will resonate with all young people, whatever their background and whatever their dreams.
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Details
- Author
- Sophia Thakur
- Narrator
- Sophia Thakur
- Duration
- 1 hour 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 August 2023
- ISBN
- 9798350883626
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics
Synopsis
In a powerful debut, rising star Sophia Thakur brings her spoken word performance to the page.Be with yourself for a moment.Be yourself for a moment.Airplane mode everything but yourself for a moment.From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a stirring collection of coming-of-age poems exploring issues of identity, difference, perseverance, relationships, fear, loss, and joy. From youth to school to family life to falling in love and falling back out again—the poems draw on the author's experience as a young mixed-race woman trying to make sense of a lonely and complicated world. With a strong narrative voice and emotional empathy, this is poetry that will resonate with all young people, whatever their background and whatever their dreams.
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