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Love: Stories, Poems and Essays
Love. It is a beautiful mess of complex, confusing and interconnecting emotions. For some, it means romance, for others, family. There are those who understand love as empowerment, resistance and existence; those who say it is created from nothing; and those who believe it is always there, binding the universe together, waiting for us to find it and grab on tight.
In this mesmerising collection of stories, poems and essays from the award-winning team of Sweatshop Literacy Movement, you are invited to take a journey through dingy streets and pristine sunsets, delve deep into the tormented soul, and attempt to make sense of that big crazy thing called the human heart.
In this mesmerising collection of stories, poems and essays from the award-winning team of Sweatshop Literacy Movement, you are invited to take a journey through dingy streets and pristine sunsets, delve deep into the tormented soul, and attempt to make sense of that big crazy thing called the human heart.
324 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 30, 2025
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February 28, 2026
🫶🏼Love: Stories, Poems and Essays. Edited by Shirley Le🫶🏼
This is one of those collections that really sneaks up on you. You open it expecting romance, but what you get is love in all its quieter, messier, more honest forms. Each piece feels like a different doorway into the same house, showing how love can be both grounding and destabilising all at once.
The strength of this collection lies in its diversity. Some pieces are sharp and confronting, others soft and luminous, and together they create a sense of movement, like walking through different emotional landscapes that all orbit the same centre. Authors from all different cultural backgrounds share what love means to them, and it really is beautiful to read.
Thoughtfully curated by Shirley Le, this anthology feels cohesive without smoothing over the individuality of its contributors. It is a beautiful reminder that love is rarely simple, and that is exactly what makes it worth writing (and reading) about 🌅✨
I just love, love! 🥰
This is one of those collections that really sneaks up on you. You open it expecting romance, but what you get is love in all its quieter, messier, more honest forms. Each piece feels like a different doorway into the same house, showing how love can be both grounding and destabilising all at once.
The strength of this collection lies in its diversity. Some pieces are sharp and confronting, others soft and luminous, and together they create a sense of movement, like walking through different emotional landscapes that all orbit the same centre. Authors from all different cultural backgrounds share what love means to them, and it really is beautiful to read.
Thoughtfully curated by Shirley Le, this anthology feels cohesive without smoothing over the individuality of its contributors. It is a beautiful reminder that love is rarely simple, and that is exactly what makes it worth writing (and reading) about 🌅✨
I just love, love! 🥰
February 15, 2026
Love, edited by Shirley Le
When the world is upside-down; when love and language are targets of the state; when hate and genocide committed by elites and the powerful are spun by the media and policed, and politicised by leaders as acts of love and peace; while calls for justice, for love, and for an end to genocide are branded as violence and hate — this anthology, in which language and love are restored to what they are meant to be, is a must-read, if only to turn the world the right way up for a moment.
When the world is upside-down; when love and language are targets of the state; when hate and genocide committed by elites and the powerful are spun by the media and policed, and politicised by leaders as acts of love and peace; while calls for justice, for love, and for an end to genocide are branded as violence and hate — this anthology, in which language and love are restored to what they are meant to be, is a must-read, if only to turn the world the right way up for a moment.
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