We Have Everything We Need to Start Again by Koleka Putuma

Koleka Putuma is a South African multi-award-winning theatre practitioner, writer and poet. Her bestselling debut poetry collection Collective Amnesia, received the 2018 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry, was named 2017 book of the year by the City Press and was among the best books of 2017 by The Sunday Times and Quartz Africa. Her work tackles themes such as sexuality, gender, race and politics. In 2022, Putuma was awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist Award - a first-time award for Poetry. She is also the Founder and Director of Manyano Media, a multidisciplinary creative company that empowers and produces stories by black queer women. She lives in Cape Town.

Adriana Bellet is a mixed illustrator with her heart divided between Spain, Britain and Sweden. She has a degree in advertising but has yet to use it. Adriana discovered her love for illustration while studying design. She taught herself to draw and developed an obsession with old-school art materials. Still, the iPad is her tool of choice. She's had three children in five years, has four espressos a day, and makes peace daily with the beautiful absurdities of being an adult in today's world. She lives in Stockholm.

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Press both feet to the ground.
Place your hand on your heart.
You are brave and capable.
It will always be your time.

An empowering and uplifting collection of poems from groundbreaking and award-winning poet Koleka Putuma, about figuring out who you are and embracing it.

With words to affirm, this is the ideal companion to hold your hand while you navigate all the big questions, discoveries and transitions of young adulthood.

The perfect gift for fans of Rupi Kaur, Nikita Gill and Elizabeth Acevedo.

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