Brand New Ancients
$20.08
- Paperback
64 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2014
Summary
Kae Tempest is one of the most exciting and innovative performers to have emerged in spoken-word poetry in many years; their dramatic poem Brand New Ancients won the prestigious Ted Hughes Prize for innovation in poetry. Tempest’s wholly unique blend of street poetry, rap and storytelling - combined with the spellbinding delivery of an open-air revivalist - has won them legions of followers all over the UK. Tempest’s remarkable stage presence is wholly audible in this poem, a spoken …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447257684 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1447257685 |
| Author: | Kae Tempest |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Edition: | Main Market Ed. |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2014 |
| Weight: | 56g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 131mm x 5mm |
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breathe[s] new life into old classic forms … a long poem about us and the gods that’s all high-kicking verve and long-range understanding. I loved its vision, powerful and merciful.
breathe[s] new life into old classic forms … a long poem about us and the gods that’s all high-kicking verve and long-range understanding. I loved its vision, powerful and merciful. – Ali Smith, Books of the Year * Observer *
About The Author
Kae Tempest
Kae Tempest was born in London in 1985. Their work includes the plays Wasted, Glasshouse and Hopelessly Devoted; the poetry collections Everything Speaks in its Own Way and Hold Your Own; the albums Everybody Down, Balance and Let Them Eat Chaos; the long poems Brand New Ancients and Let Them Eat Chaos; and their debut novel, The Bricks that Built the Houses. They were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for their debut album, Everybody Down, and received the Ted Hughes Award and a Herald Angel Award for Brand New Ancients. Kae was also named a Next Generation poet in 2014.
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