Somebody Give This Heart A Pen - 9781536222968

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.

• • Author: Sophia Thakur
• • Publisher: Candlewick
• • Publication Date: September 14, 2021
• • Number of Pages: 112 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1536222968
• • ISBN-13: 9781536222968