Pessimism is For Lightweights - 30 Pieces of Courage and Resistance monocle books Persephone spends six months of

Persephone spends six months of the year under the ground with her husband

she has left her abusive husband and now works as a common laborer

Taiye Selasi

with a specific focus on trees

human sake' Guardian Summer Reads 2021

Pessimism is For Lightweights - 30 Pieces of Courage and Resistance monocle books Persephone spends six months ofOne of the very first publications to come off the Rough Trade Books press, Pessimism is for Lightweights began life as thirteen pieces of courage and resistance from the pen of the one and only Salena Godden. These are poems written for the women's march, poems that salute peaceful protest, poems on sexism and racism, class discrimination, poverty and homelessness, immigration and identity. This new edition expands the collection to full book length