4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE - Roshni Goyate, Sharan Hunjan, Sheena Patel, Sunnah Khan

Rough Trade Books, ISBN 9781912722747,
Pb, 132 pgs, 14 x 21cm
Acqn. 30972
In Stock

£15.00
Roshni Goyate, Sharan Hunjan, Sheena Patel & Sunnah Khan are four writers that make up the talented collective 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE @4browngirlswhowrite and bring their radical, polyphonic performance style to bear on a series of individual pamphlets that still resonate with their collaborative force. Each author’s discreet publication is a stand-alone work, published as a set of poetry and prose pamphlets, highlighting the daring, brilliant writing that characterises both the group and each individual author. Their first collection of poetry was published in 2018 by FEM Press and recommended by Forward Prize shortlisted poet Shivanee Ramlochan. They went on to open for T.S. Eliot prize winner Roger Robinson at the 2019 Stoke Newington Literary Festival and took a 5 star sell-out show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that same year where they also showcased other Black and Brown artists—upholding their principle of creating circles not pyramids in dismantling the exclusionary nature of artistic space. This is their first collective offering of solo works. 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE includes four individual pamphlets enclosed in a specially designed wrap… ‘Shadow Work’ —Roshni Goyate ‘Hatch’—Sharan Hunjan ‘This Is What Love Is’—Sheena Patel ‘I Don’t Know How to Forgive You When You Make No Apology For This Haunting’—Sunnah Khan