Dethroned in Knightsbridge

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Dethroned in Knightsbridge</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)> is a collection of poems about the experience of a young queer immigrant living in the UK. Written in a confessional style Silvia Lemos explores the journey from a lonely childhood in Portugal to turbulent university years in Nottingham and finally new beginnings in London.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>The struggle of relocating to a new place and feeling completely alone is profoundly represented in these poems. This loneliness exacerbated by a complex family history and a lack of role models for queer people shapes the trajectory of Silvia's work-wanting to be seen needing to be heard and still finding the joy in the small unseen moments.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>It can be difficult to find people like ourselves in the media we consume. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Dethroned in Knightsbridge</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)> is both a result of and a solution to this problem: sometimes we have to be our own hero.</span></p><p></p>