Being seen,seeing others truly,acknowledging support and pain. In her poetry, Sophia Thakur captures life-moments low and high, reveals bone-deep concerns, speaks of youth, for youth, to youth. “To you, the silence in this stillness is to be endurednot experienced.It scratches at every anxious bone that you own…”begins the poem “Fidgeting” (pg. 66), one of several … Continue reading SOMEBODY GIVE THIS HEART A PEN, a poet speaks up, shouts out – by Sophia Thakur (YA book review)