“Her truth isn’t pretty — but it’s powerful.”
She Speaks Ugly is a stunning and fearless collection of poems that gives voice to the silenced, the shamed, and the still-healing. In her debut collection, A. A. Balogun writes with raw honesty about womanhood, identity, trauma, society, race and the courage to speak when silence feels safer.
Each poem is an act of reclamation — of body, of language, of self. Through sharp, evocative imagery and rhythm that lingers, Balogun transforms pain into poetry and silence into strength.
This book explores:
- The beauty and brutality of self-acceptance
- Rage, vulnerability, and rebirth
- Survival, love, and the messy truth of becoming whole
- The power of finding your voice when the world tells you not to
Perfect for readers of Rupi Kaur, Yrsa Daley-Ward, and Warsan Shire, She Speaks Ugly captures what it means to stand unflinching in your truth.
Available in paperback £12 plus P&P
Or as an ebook £4.99
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