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'The way the expression 'half your luck' feels luckier than all your luck; the way halfway around the world sounds further than all the way around. Half: the bisector, but what was the whole? To think like the Indian poet, Sujata Bhatt, how far east is still east? The way I don't credential this collection is because it beckons another kind of account (though in these brackets I attest the work walks a sharply decolonial edge).
It is as if the book were a lung that fills, empties, clears. We have been bouncing at what appeared to be normal speed when, in the final section, the title poem drops. Suddenly, the page is vertically bisected, lifting us out of a half-time groove into what feels like 160bpm. Jungle!' Lucy Van
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Publishing has a diversity problem. There are less 'diverse' books being published which limits the discoverability and reach of those authors.
Representation is important. Read more about why we exist here.
An anti-racist social enterprise bookstore specialising in BIPOC books.
Only about 11% of books published are by BIPOC authors — so unless you specifically seek out books by BIPOC authors, you aren't likely to find very many of them organically. At Amplify, BIPOC authors are highlighted and celebrated. Here, they don't have to fight to be seen, and you don't have to fight to find them.
We hope that in our shop, you can discover a new favourite read, find stories that speak uniquely to you, learn about a culture outside your own (or more about your own histories), and gain a better understanding of the systems that connect us all.
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