From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a powerful new collection of poems about
what it means to be a woman intergenerational relationships finding your voice and learning
to speak out. To my children I will say Let the river break between your lips... In her lyrical
and heartfelt second poetry collection Sophia Thakur takes us on an emotionally charged
journey through the past lives of women and considers what it means to be a woman in today's
society. Exploring topics such as identity race politics relationships mental health and
self-love she weaves together the voices of a grandmother mother and daughter and examines
how past generations have given us the freedom to speak out. Encompassing love from first
crush to break-up the history that comes before us and the brave moments that make us this
collection will resonate with all young women as they approach the joys and pain of adulthood
and learn to navigate life.
