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    Art is a Waste of Time (Poetry Collection)

    By Zarina Macha

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    'Art is a Waste of Time' is the first collection of poems published by Zarina Macha.

    Containing around 70 poems, Macha has written extensively in styles of satire, confessionalism and free verse. This body of work contains poems Macha wrote between the years 2013 and 2018, capturing a teenage girl's growth into a young woman.

    Macha has also included a small segment of poems she wrote as a child in the year 2007 at the back of the book.

    Macha's debut fictional book Every Last Psycho: A Collection of Two Novellas was released in 2018.

    This first ebook edition published in 2018.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZarina Macha
    Release dateAug 26, 2018
    ISBN9781386284314
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    Art is a Waste of Time (Poetry Collection)
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    Zarina Macha

    Zarina Macha is an award-winning independent author of five books under her name. In 2021, her young adult novel Anne won the international Page Turner Book Award for fiction. She began publishing her work in 2018 while completing a degree in Songwriting and Creative Artistry from The Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) in Guildford. Her three published YA fiction works are Every Last Psycho (2018), a compilation of two novellas that deal with heavy trauma and mental illness; Anne (2019), a coming-of-age novel about domestic violence, and Around Midnight (2020), a novel about an emotionally abusive teenage relationship. She has also published two poetry volumes; Art is a Waste of Time (2018) and Single Broke Female (2019). Both explore the essence of womanhood, including sexuality, femininity, and emotional angst. She regular performs her poetry at various functions in London, including Poetry Unplugged, the Farrago Slam, and the Global Fusion Music & Arts Spoken Word events. Macha also writes contemporary new adult romance under the pen name Diana Vale. Her Kirk University books are standalone stories about students who find love at university. This fictitious university is based on the real-life University of York in northern England where Macha briefly attended prior to ACM. Macha is most active on YouTube where she regularly uploads lively and informative content about her books, writing process, and day-to-day life. Visit her channel to stay updated on her work. She currently resides in her hometown of London, UK. Art is a Waste of Time is available to download for free (eBook only) via signing up to Macha's monthly newsletter: https://storyoriginapp.com/giveaways/4a955900-7b14-11ea-9fcc-f384d4e75ead

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