I have always thought the term ‘sad girl poetry’ was condescending. ‘Sad’ feels overly simplistic. ‘Girl’ is infantilizing and sure, technically anything can be ‘poetry’ if you hit ...

Her subsequent collections, including 'Sad Barg' (One Hundred Leaves), 'Khood-Qalami' (Self ... Parveen Shakir contributed a unique and fresh style to Urdu poetry, earning her accolades and ...