Poets Liberation Front: August Salon

lisa luxx with Repeat Beat Poet and Shareefa Energy on the mechanics of mobilisation.

How does the writer command the masses? In August’s edition of London’s literary resistance salon, luxx will be joined by the Repeat Beat Poet and Shareefa Energy. Together, they will share literature and lead a community discussion on how writing has been used to organise and assemble. From Black diasporic worldmaking and identity formation to poetry as pedagogy and propaganda, this event will help us reassess how we use writing, publishing (and memory) to get in formation.

The salon is a space to actively engage in current resistance literature emerging from our political landscape. Tickets are on a sliding scale solidarity rate, please pay honestly. If you book a £0 and can’t make it, please cancel your ticket so that others can attend.

This event is created and hosted by lisa minerva luxx in partnership with Shubbak Festival.

About the poets

lisa minerva luxx is a British-Syrian writer and political activist. Their poetry, essays and fiction have been published internationally including by Poetry Review, Magma, New England Review, BBC Radio 4 and their short film Lesbian. was produced by Channel 4.

In 2021 their debut collection, Fetch Your Mother’s Heart, was released by Out-Spoken Press to critical acclaim. Currently studying a PhD in diaspora resistance poetics, luxx has also guest lectured at Columbia University, American University of Beirut and Queens Mary London.

Since 2021, luxx has written three verse plays including what the dog said to the harvest which premiered at Southbank Centre. They are also a platinum award-winning lyricist with Maison Arts, LA.

luxx is a long-time grassroots organiser across England, Beirut and Syria. They believe in transnational community and direct action as a means of liberation.

Peter Degraft-Johnson [The Repeat Beat Poet) is a British-born Ghanaian writer, artist, and DJ. His blending of hip hop culture, spoken word poetry, anti-imperialist and pan-african perspectives have captivated audiences across the UK, Europe, and Africa.

His debut pamphlet, A Testament to Life & Death, was released in 2022 and has been sold and taught across 4 continents. Peter was an inaugural writer-in-residence at the Library of Africa & the African Diaspora in Accra, Ghana. In 2023 he was invited to be a member of the Recording Academy, and was a BBC Music poet-in-residence. As an emcee he's performed with Grammy award-winning jazz musicians like Thundercat and Blue Lab Beats.

Shareefa Energy is a working-class Indian award-winning poet, writer, producer, storyteller, activist, educator, holistic creative practitioner, community organiser and creative campaigner, based in Leicester and London. Author of poetry collection, Galaxy Walk, she was lead facilitator for the Freedom Theatre's first feminist theatre festival 2022 in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. She also facilitated poetry writing workshops at An-Najah university in Nablus. Shareefa facilitates creative writing, poetry, storytelling, performance and anti-racism workshops internationally, from Palestine to Trinidad with schools, universities, in prisons and immigration detention centres, with survivors of domestic violence and with those impacted by state violence.

Venue accessibility

The venue is wheelchair accessible. We are committed to providing access for anyone who like to attend online. Please contact us to arrange.

Poets Liberation Front

An 8 part series of community discussions led by poets, produced by lisa luxx and Shubbak Festival. It launched in April, with monthly salons throughout 2025. This is event 4/8 in the series.

About the series

This event is produced by lisa minerva luxx and Shubbak Festival. Presented with generous support from Arts Council England.