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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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Salena Godden
Salena Godden FRSL is an award-winning author, poet and broadcaster of Jamaican-mixed heritage. Her work has been widely anthologised and broadcast on radio, TV and film. She regularly headlines international literary festivals and has published several titles: Under The Pier, Fishing In The Aftermath, Springfield Road and Pessimism is for Lightweights—13 Pieces of Courage and Resistance. Her poem Pessimism is for Lightweights is on permanent display at the People’s History Museum, Manchester. Godden's debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death was published by Canongate, it won the Indie Book Award for Fiction and the People’s Book Prize 2022 and was shortlisted for a British Book Award and the Gordon Burn Prize. Film and TV rights for Mrs Death Misses Death have been optioned by Idris Elba’s production company Green Door Pictures. Godden is currently working on three new books out soon with Canongate: a memoir, a poetry collection and an eagerly anticipated second novel set in the Mrs Death Misses Death universe. Godden was inducted as a fellow of The Royal Society of Literature in 2022.
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