The Selfless Act of Breathing

ISBN-13: 9781982175566 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 272 str.

Jj Bola

Recenzje

"[JJ Bola]'s style is highly descriptive, rich in simile and metaphor . . . [his work] is exceedingly timely, speaking to the condition of refugees today." -Booklist

O autorze

Bola, JJJJ Bola is a writer, poet, and UNHCR Ambassador. He is the author of three poetry collections-Elevate, Daughter of the Sun, and WORD-which were later all published in one definitive collection called Refuge; a novel, No Place Like Home; and Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined, which exposes masculinity as a socially-conditioned performance. He was one of Spread the Word's Flight Associates 2017 and a Kit de Waal Scholar for the Birkbeck University MA in Creative Writing. As a former refugee, JJ Bola was invited to the Davos Economic Forum 2018 and held a discussion with Cate Blanchett. JJ reads, speaks, gives workshops, and performs around the world. He currently resides in London, England.