Description
A girl glides down Galaxy Walk to her grandmother's home. The impact of patriarchy is unravelled. The unforgivable negligence of Grenfell and unsafe housing in Britain is exposed. In these poems that are at once raw and vulnerable, Shareefa explores hauntings of love, loss, and history as a working-class Indian woman raised in the diaspora. With a voice fortified and perceptive, these writings navigate the blunt cruelties of our existence, whilst refusing to forget how to marvel at the wonders on earth. From holding governments accountable, to dealing with grief and loss, Galaxy Walk restores our faith in what it means to be alive and human.
About the Author
Shareefa Energy was born in 1989 on the day the Berlin Wall fell. Home is London, and Leicester. Shareefa was awarded with the UK Entertainment Best Poet 2017 award and received the UK Unsigned Hype Best Spoken Word Artist 2014 award. She was artist in residence at North Kensington Library for the Apples and Snakes Spine Festival 2018 & 2019, and facilitated the Moon Festival workshops with children at Woolwich library. She released her debut spoken word neo-soul jazz EP 'Reasoning with Self' produced by Meandou in July 2015. She has worked with musicians and producers from London to Chicago. Her poetry has featured on Channel 4, ITV, The BBC One Show, the Eastern Eye newspaper, the I.D and I Am Hip-Hop magazine. She has performed at the Alchemy Festival at the Southbank Centre, Birmingham Verve Festival and Poetry Meets Hip Hop in Berlin. She is the founder of the 2014 storytelling spoken word play 'Wombs Cry' and is a member of the collective of U.K. female South Asian poets 'The Yoniverse.'
Book Information
ISBN 9781911570783
Author Shareefa Energy
Format Paperback
Page Count 85
Imprint Burning Eye Books
Publisher Burning Eye Books
About the Author
Shareefa Energy was born in 1989 on the day the Berlin Wall fell. Home is London, and Leicester. Shareefa was awarded with the UK Entertainment Best Poet 2017 award and received the UK Unsigned Hype Best Spoken Word Artist 2014 award. She was artist in residence at North Kensington Library for the Apples and Snakes Spine Festival 2018 & 2019, and facilitated the Moon Festival workshops with children at Woolwich library. She released her debut spoken word neo-soul jazz EP 'Reasoning with Self' produced by Meandou in July 2015. She has worked with musicians and producers from London to Chicago. Her poetry has featured on Channel 4, ITV, The BBC One Show, the Eastern Eye newspaper, the I.D and I Am Hip-Hop magazine. She has performed at the Alchemy Festival at the Southbank Centre, Birmingham Verve Festival and Poetry Meets Hip Hop in Berlin. She is the founder of the 2014 storytelling spoken word play 'Wombs Cry' and is a member of the collective of U.K. female South Asian poets 'The Yoniverse.'
Book Information
ISBN 9781911570783
Author Shareefa Energy
Format Paperback
Page Count 85
Imprint Burning Eye Books
Publisher Burning Eye Books
