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Hold Your Own
Kae Tempest
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Description for Hold Your Own
Paperback. New poetry from a fiercely talented, Ted Hughes Award-winning poet Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 198.
Hold Your Own, Kae Tempest's first full-length collection for Picador is an ambitious, multi-voiced work based around the mythical figure of Tiresias. This four-part work follows him through his transformations from child, man and woman to blind prophet; through this structure, Tempest holds up a mirror to contemporary life in a direct and provocative way rarely associated with poetry.
A vastly popular and accomplished performance poet, Tempest commands a huge and dedicated following on the performance and rap circuit. Brand New Ancients, also available from Picador, won the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry and has played ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447241218
SKU
V9781447241218
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-24
About Kae Tempest
Kae Tempest writes rhymes, lyrics, poems, prose and plays. Tempest began at sixteen, rapping in battles across London, and began performing spoken word at the age of twenty-one. Tempest has performed theirwriting on stages all over the world, as well as playing all the major UK and European music festivals, including Glastonbury. Tempest has written poems for Barnado's children's charity, ... Read more
Reviews for Hold Your Own
Poet, performer, novelist: the rise of the uncategorisable Kate Tempest
Laura Barton
Guardian
Tempest's voice looks to be one we will be hearing for some while to come
Laura Barton
Guardian
Dazzling wordsmithery. . . As anyone who has seen her perform will know, she doesn't just paint pictures with words when she performs, ... Read more
Laura Barton
Guardian
Tempest's voice looks to be one we will be hearing for some while to come
Laura Barton
Guardian
Dazzling wordsmithery. . . As anyone who has seen her perform will know, she doesn't just paint pictures with words when she performs, ... Read more