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 to packed concert halls on both sides of the Atlantic.

Autorentext
Kae Tempest is a poet, lyricist, performer and recording artist. He has published plays, poems, a novel, a book-length essay, released albums and toured extensively, selling out shows from Reykjavik to Rio de Janeiro. He received Mercury Music Prize nominations for both of the albums Everybody Down and Let Them Eat Chaos, and two Ivor Novello nominations for his song-writing on The Book of Traps and Lessons. He was named a Next Generation Poet in 2014, a once-in-a-decade accolade. He received the Ted Hughes Award for his long-form narrative poem Brand New Ancients and the Leone D’Argento at the Venice Teatro Biennale for his work as a playwright. His books have been translated into eleven languages and published to critical acclaim around the world. He was born in London in 1985 where he still lives. He hopes to continue putting words together for a long time.

Klappentext

Hold Your Own, Kae Tempest's first full-length poetry 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.

Part of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.

'Dazzling' - Metro
'Mesmerising' - The Observer
'A game-changer' - The Independent

Zusammenfassung
From the generation-defining spoken word poet, Hold Your Own is an incendiary reworking of the life of the mythical prophet Tiresias. Now part of the Picador Collection.