In a powerful debut, rising star Sophia Thakur brings her spoken word performance to the page.
She lives in Middlesex, England..
This is her first published collection.
She has presented two TED Talks and has worked closely with young people, sharing her poems and the creative process.
About author(s): Sophia Thakur has been performing since the age of sixteen and has a wide reach across social media.
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.
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.
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.
Airplane mode everything but yourself for a moment.
Be yourself for a moment.
Be with yourself for a moment.
In a powerful debut, rising star Sophia Thakur brings her spoken word performance to the page
