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DEAR GIRL
From the publisher of the #1 New York Times bestselling books by Rupi Kaur comes the next Instagram poet sensationfeminist and youth activist and Today Show Hero of the Year Aija Mayrock: a debut poetry collection that takes readers on an empowering, lyrical journey through issues like suicide, sexual assault, self-image, and healing.
Aija Mayrock is an author, poet, and activist whose viral spoken-word video releases are like album drops, seen by tens of millions of people around the world. DEAR GIRL, her first poetry collection, includes her three most popular poems that have been viewed a combined 22 million times.
Aija's poems confront issues like suicide, sexual assault, negative self-image, relationships, and harassmentoften in the second person, avoiding metaphor in favor of hard truths. The result is a powerful exchange that challenges readers to actfirst by accepting themselves.
Aija's first book The Survival Guide to Bullying: Written by a Teen, was written when she was 16 years old. Initially self-published, it was quickly picked up by Scholastic in 2015 and has sold nearly 55,000 copies. Aija's platform exploded as she became a fierce advocate in the struggle against bullying. She began speaking to students, educators, community leaders and politicians at venues such as Madison Square Garden, SXSW, and the United Nations General Assembly. Today her poems are seen by millions as Aija is embraced by brands like Revlon, L'Oreal, Plan B, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Summer Salt; and through multi-pronged efforts like #DoSomething to register voters, the ongoing #Fearless Women campaigns, or as she was last month, featured on Arianna Huffington's Thrive network, where she performed one new poem each week to highlight National Mental Health Awareness month. Aija has already performed poetry live to an estimated 4 million people, and last year was honored as one of the Today Show's heroes of the year for her work.
Aija's poems confront issues like suicide, sexual assault, negative self-image, relationships, and harassmentoften in the second person, avoiding metaphor in favor of hard truths. The result is a powerful exchange that challenges readers to actfirst by accepting themselves.
Aija's first book The Survival Guide to Bullying: Written by a Teen, was written when she was 16 years old. Initially self-published, it was quickly picked up by Scholastic in 2015 and has sold nearly 55,000 copies. Aija's platform exploded as she became a fierce advocate in the struggle against bullying. She began speaking to students, educators, community leaders and politicians at venues such as Madison Square Garden, SXSW, and the United Nations General Assembly. Today her poems are seen by millions as Aija is embraced by brands like Revlon, L'Oreal, Plan B, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Summer Salt; and through multi-pronged efforts like #DoSomething to register voters, the ongoing #Fearless Women campaigns, or as she was last month, featured on Arianna Huffington's Thrive network, where she performed one new poem each week to highlight National Mental Health Awareness month. Aija has already performed poetry live to an estimated 4 million people, and last year was honored as one of the Today Show's heroes of the year for her work.
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Published 2020-08-25 by Andrews McMeel |