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    Pessimism is for Lightweights: 13 Pieces of Courage and Resistance

    By Salena Godden

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    A collection of 13 pieces of courage and resistance, this is work inspired by protests and rallies. Poems written for the women’s march, for women’s empowerment and amplification, poems that salute people fighting for justice, poems on sexism and racism, class discrimination, period poverty and homelessness, immigration and identity. This work reminds us that Courage is a Muscle, it also contains a letter from the spirit of Hope herself, because as the title suggests, Pessimism is for Lightweights.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRough Trade Books
    Release dateJun 1, 2020
    ISBN9781912722464
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    Pessimism is for Lightweights: 13 Pieces of Courage and Resistance
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    Salena Godden

    SALENA GODDEN is one of Britain’s foremost spoken word artists and poets whose electrifying live performances and BBC radio broadcasts have earned her a devoted following. She is the author of the collections, Under The Pier, Fishing in the Aftermath: Poems 1994-2014, and the literary memoir Springfield Road.

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