The Woman with Sandpaper Skin and Other Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780998665900)

Charday Ife has taught, studied, and performed in cities from Los Angeles to London. She is a writer who has dedicated her heart to healing and supporting spaces for the voices of the underprivileged to thrive. In the summer of 2014, she released her first poetry chapbook, Swirls in Cedar Tables. Her debut book of poetry and prose, The Woman with Sandpaper Skin, is set to be released in Summer 2017. In 2009, Charday emerged as a well-respected spoken word artist in Sacramento, California. She was named the first Sacramento Area Youth Speaks (SAYS) teen poetry slam champion and advanced to represent Sacramento in the HBO Brave New Voices International Teen Poetry Slam and Festival in 2010. Using her poetry as a vehicle for social change, she has performed before a variety of audiences and and in a multitude of venues, including at Harvard University, the prestigious Crocker Art Museum, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Charday's poetry was featured in Solving the Inequality, a documentary film about closing the racial and income achievement gap. As a young adult, Charday was named one of the 30 Most Influential Young People Under 30 years old in Sacramento.