Warsan Shire

Jan 15, 2025 | orisonbooks.com | Jane Hirshfield |Sarah Ali |Warsan Shire |Li-Young Lee

Over the five sessions of this discussion-oriented class, we’ll delve into the particulars of how a wide range of spiritual poems from diverse traditions and perspectives achieve their impacts on the reader. We’ll also explore ways in which the poems under consideration might serve as springboards for our own poems. Participants will have opportunities to share their new drafts with the group.

Sep 6, 2024 | hollywoodtimes.net | Warsan Shire

Let me clarify!Hey beautiful people! I’ve received some inquiries about the upcoming festival, so let me clarify: This is Sweet Baby J’ai Presents The Palm Springs Sunset Music & Comedy Festival—NOT the Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival. While the women’s jazz fest will always have a special place in my heart, I’ll treasure the memories of co-founding it, and will help whenever they need it, I’m incredibly excited about our new Sunset Music Series.

Mar 17, 2023 | theguardian.com | Warsan Shire

My earliest reading memoryAs soon as I learned to read, I carried Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Absent-Minded Magician by Jean Bethell everywhere. The first book my father ever bought me. I memorised it, I slept with it, I tried to bathe with it. My favourite book growing upAny and every single Goosebumps book by RL Stine. I’m thankful for how those books kept me company and provided much-needed escape. The Goosebumps series was the beginning of my long-time admiration of all things horror.