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Breaking Silence
Jacob Sam-La Rose
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Description for Breaking Silence
Paperback. First collection by a young Black British poet already well-known on the UK performance circuit and for his work in schools. Num Pages: 71 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 112. 72 pages. First collection by a young Black British poet already well-known on the UK performance circuit and for his work in schools. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 5. Weight: 122.
Jacob Sam-La Rose has been described as 'a one-man literary industry'. This was Patrick Neate's comment on the BBC Poetry Season website: 'Passionate about poetry and its power to change people's lives, he's a lesson to us all. He's also a damn fine writer.' Already well-known on the UK performance circuit, Sam-La Rose has also spent many years working with young people in schools and communities, especially around London. So it will come as a surprise to many that Breaking Silence is his first book-length collection of poetry. It is a collection that sits on the threshold between the personal ... Read more
Jacob Sam-La Rose has been described as 'a one-man literary industry'. This was Patrick Neate's comment on the BBC Poetry Season website: 'Passionate about poetry and its power to change people's lives, he's a lesson to us all. He's also a damn fine writer.' Already well-known on the UK performance circuit, Sam-La Rose has also spent many years working with young people in schools and communities, especially around London. So it will come as a surprise to many that Breaking Silence is his first book-length collection of poetry. It is a collection that sits on the threshold between the personal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852249151
SKU
V9781852249151
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About Jacob Sam-La Rose
Jacob Sam-La Rose was born in London in 1976. He was managing director of a web development studio before becoming a freelance writer and editor. He is the Artistic Director of the London Teenage Poetry SLAM, and an editor for flipped eye press. He also facilitates a range of literature-in-education, creative writing and spoken word programmes through schools, arts centres ... Read more
Reviews for Breaking Silence
'Poetry that is - fresh, vivid and masterly in its evocation of contemporary Britain' - Choman Hardi & Martyn Crucefix, PBS Bulletin.