young girls!
by Karenjit Sandhu
A debut from Panjabi-British poet and artist Karenjit Sandhu. A lyrical narrative which re-imagines the renowned modernist pioneer Amrita Sher-Gil as a 1990s West London native.
For Fans of: Bhanu Kapil, Vahni Capildeo, Sandeep Parmar, Nisha Ramayya.
ISBN: 9781838069872
90 pages
Date published: 03/11/2021
Paperback
Karenjit Sandhu is a poet and artist. Her poems are forthcoming in Women’s Visual Poetry Anthology (Timglaset Editions, 2021), and previously published in the following magazines and anthologies: Magma (2020), Writing Utopia (Hesterglock Press, 2020), Nemeses (HVTN Press, 2019) and Para-text (2019). Her work has been commissioned by the Sir Denis Mahon Foundation, and she has collaborated with the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Flat Time House and CamdenPeople’s Theatre (London), Arnolfini (Bristol) and Galerie Eric Dupont (Paris). young girls! is Karen’s debut collection (the87press, 2021).
From ‘sweet sobs’ to ‘the reservoir of sadness’ a vivacious energy animates this debut collection of poems; young girls! circles back to those fleeting moments ofrebellious girlhood with verve and humour.
–Mona Arshi, author of small hands and somebody loves you
