Azad Ashim Sharma is a writer and publisher based in South London. He is the director of the87press. His work includes Against the Frame (Broken Sleep Books, 2022) and Ergastulum (Broken Sleep Books, 2022). His work has featured in publications such as the Asian American Writers Workshop, Stand Magazine, Gutter Magazine, the journal Social and Health Sciences, SPAMzine, MIR Online, and Wasafiri. He is a Chase-funded PhD Candidate in English and Humanities at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the recipient of the Caribbean Philosophical Association’s Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista Outstanding Book Award 2023.

Events participated in:

The Arrival in Tradition: Recovery, Rhythm and the Popul Vuh: Join Oscar Guardiola-Rivera and Azad Ashim Sharma for an hour of poetry and discussion with sonic accompaniment from Mun Sing. Celebrating the launch of Sharma’s Boiled Owls and Guardiola-Rivera’s Under The World, themes of addiction, recovery, arrival in tradition, indigenous thinking, and writing in a time of crisis emerge against a backdrop of Mun Sing’s soundscapes that embrace dark anguish in search of groove, rhythm, and hope. (2024)