Coming soon 'Pessimism is for Lightweights' on Rough Trade Books

Rough Trade Edition No.2  

Salena Godden 

Pessimism is for Lightweights: 

13 Pieces of Courage and Resistance

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. This is No.2 of a set of a dozen remarkable pamphlets by 12 writers, artists and poets, highly recommend collecting all 12, coming soon to good bookshops!! Rough Trade Books is an exciting new publishing venture in the mould of the pioneering record label.

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JUNE

2 | DERBY BOOK FESTIVAL

3 | STOKE NEWINGTON LITERARY FESTIVAL

5 | SHAKESPEARE AND CO. |  WITH SCARLET SABET | PARIS

17 | 'MRS DEATH MISSES DEATH'| BLAHBLAHBLAH | BRISTOL

21 | LIVEWIRE POETS | MIDSUMMERS PARTY | CORNWALL

28 | THE TOWER OF LONDON WITH INUA ELLAMS

29 | FESTIVAL OF DEBATE | SHEFFIELD

Film: Pessimism is for Lightweights: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjTVyBcJR7I

'Pessimism is for Lightweights' by Salena Godden
is currently on display at the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol 

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