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WEARING MY MOTHER'S HEART
From the Pocket Change Collective series Small but mighty necessary reading. A miniature manifesto for radical queer acceptance that weaves together the personal and political. Eli, a cis gay white Jewish man, uses his own identities and experiences to frame and acknowledge his perspective.
Sophia Thakur and the Gentle Art of Honesty. | MINI.com
In an age where personal branding and a carefully curated image is everything, there can be nothing scarier than utter honesty with yourself. And yet that is what Sophia Thakur has been doing all her life — laying her feelings bare in front of complete strangers. The spoken word artist and poet, who is a champion of self-expression, has joined up with MINI to spread the message of Big Love.
Superheroes by Sophia Thakur, Denzell Dankwah
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Superheroes
What do you want to be when you grow up? Discover the new daring tales of inspiration from over fifty iconic British icons today, who have each harnessed their childish curiosity and ambition and turned it into their own superhero power. With a special introduction by Stormzy. Explore the lives of inspirational figures - from dancer Princess K, who went from tapping her foot under the desk at school, to captivating the world centre stage at Glastonbury.
Songs To Live By - Dane Baptiste and Sophia Thakur - BBC Sounds
Vick Hope meets Dane Baptiste and Sophia Thakur to share the songs that shaped them. Read more
For Us by Us: 16 Poetry Collections and Books by Black Poets for Black History Month and Beyond
Black History Month is in February, but celebrating the accomplishments and talents of Black people in America and across the diaspora shouldn’t be restricted to the shortest month of the year. These poetry books are written and/or illustrated by Black creatives. This small sampling is by no means an exhaustive list but could be used as a jumping-off point to spark further exploration.
Somebody Give This Heart a Pen
Somebody Give This Heart a Pen Review posted November 5, 2022. Candlewick Press, 2020. First published in the United Kingdom in 2019. 99 pages. Review written October 24, 2020, from a library book This is a book of poems, and Sophia Thakur is a performance poet. Learning that, I wasn’t surprised that several of the poems made me want to read them aloud. The poems talk about writing out your feelings, and they do express feelings remarkably well.
Spreading their wings
I’d like to travel back through time and tell my schoolgirl self that, one day, I’d consider poetry to be a magic carpet. (Although, I suspect she would have looked up from wrestling with a knotty slice of D.H. Lawrence only to roll her eyes!) To me now, though, there is no more efficient escape hatch from the daily grind than a poem. In just a handful of lines, a poet can snatch us up to dangle us over mountain ranges, sweep us into starry space or plunge us into the ocean’s green depths.
Giveaway: Somebody Give This Heart A Pen (Sophia Thakur) ~ US/Can Only
Somebody Give This Heart A Pen (US/Can Only) by: Sophia Thakur Release Date: Septeber 8th, 2020 Publisher: Candlewick Press About the Book 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.
Children’s and teens roundup: the best new picture books and novels
Wolf-loving adventurers of eight and up will lose themselves in Rosanne Parry’s A Wolf Called Wander (Andersen), illustrated with dense-furred, shadowy realism by Mónica Armiño. When rival wolves invade Swift’s mountain, his pack is broken up and he faces a stark choice: eke out a precarious living as a lone wolf, or make a long, treacherous journey to find a new home. Evocative, moving and based on a true story, this modern-day White Fang also includes plenty of wolf facts at the back.
Literature Essay | There Was No YA When I Was Growing Up
I’m a young adult writer, mostly. Which means that whenever anyone asks what I write, they get . . . this Look. (And a bit of a head tilt.) And then they ask, ‘have you ever thought about writing . .
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