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    The Whimsy of Dank Ju-Ju: Poems
    The Whimsy of Dank Ju-Ju: Poems
    The Whimsy of Dank Ju-Ju: Poems
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    The Whimsy of Dank Ju-Ju: Poems

    By Sascha Aurora Akhtar

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    The Whimsy of Dank Ju-Ju is a collection of colourful, energetic poems which revel in language. Using experimental forms and punctuation, with snippets of lines exploded across the page, Akhtar drags the reader into a world of magic, heat, life and... whimsy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Emma Press
    Release dateSep 5, 2019
    ISBN9781912915286
    The Whimsy of Dank Ju-Ju: Poems
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    Sascha Aurora Akhtar

    Sascha Aurora Akhtar originates from Pakistan, and was educated there and in the USA. Her debut poetry collection, The Grimoire of Grimalkin, was published in 2007 and greeted as “a contemporary masterpiece”, with the British newspaper The Guardian naming Akhtar one of the top twelve poets to watch. Her work is widely anthologised and has been translated into Armenian, Portuguese, Galician, Russian, Dutch and Polish. She performs internationally.

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      THE WHIMSY OF DANK JU-JU

      PRAISE FOR THE WHIMSY OF DANK JU-JU

      ‘I love a poet who loves language and Sascha Aurora Akhtar most certainly does. Each line of her poetry is a journey into the unknown as she manoeuvres her way around words and rearranges them into new verbal experiences of fascination and delight. There is nothing predictable to hold onto as she casts her magic across the page with assurance and addictive exuberance.  Akhtar may draw on external experiences but essentially she inhabits language to create new experiences and new realities. Fabulous.’ Geraldine Monk

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