Midnight Picnics in Tehran - Softcover

King, Leilah Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911570668 ISBN 13: 9781911570660

Verlag: Burning Eye Books, 2019

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Midnight Picnics in Tehran is Leilah King's debut pamphlet. It is a tale of two countries, three cities and an innumerable amount of drinks being thrown in people's faces. Leilah paints striking imagery of the bustling cities of Shiraz and Tehran, the former her mother's birthplace. She conveys a melancholic nostalgia and love for a culture still novel to her that is remembered warmly from childhood summers spent in Iran's beautiful mountains and parks. Midnight Picnics does not only focus on Iran but talks about Leilah's time living in Bristol and Brighton. She shares an open, honest and raw account inviting you to navigate your way through sexuality, androgyny, and anger.

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Leilah Jane King is a half Iranian footballer and performance poet based in Bristol. She started writing in 2011 in Brighton where she previously lived and studied. She has performed at festivals such as Buddhafield, Bristol and Exeter Pride and Bristol Harbour Festival as well as on local radio and won a Milk poetry slam in 2017.

Leilah's poetry explores her Iranian heritage and her time there. She grapples with life's turmoil making light of family, love, and sexuality. Her poetry is comedic yet painfully reflective sharing her experiences of prejudice, conflict and mental health.

Leilah has recently started performing comedy at various venues around Bristol including ‘Show and Tell’ at the Wardrobe Theatre. In 2018 Leilah starred in a video titled ‘In Our Hands’, created by Rife Magazine and the Watershed cinema. The film was created for International Women's day, exploring what equality is and how women can live freely in today's society.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Burning Eye Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1911570668
• ISBN 13: 9781911570660
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 60
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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