Hold Your Own: Poems
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My heart throws its head against my ribs, / it's denting every bone it's venting something it has known since I arrived and felt it beat. Kae Tempest, winner of the Ted Hughes Award for Brand New Ancients and widely regarded as the UK's leading spoken word poet, have produced a new poem-sequence of electrifying power. Based on the myth of the blind prophet Tiresias, Hold Your Own is a riveting tale of youth and experience, sex and love, wealth and poverty, community and alienation. Walking in the forest one morning, a young man disturbs two copulating snakes--and is punished by the goddess Hera, who turns him into a woman. This is only the beginning of his journey . . . Weaving elements of classical myth, autobiography and social commentary, Tempest uses the story of the gender-switching, clairvoyant Tiresias to create four sequences of poems, addressing childhood, manhood, womanhood, and late life. The result is a rhythmically hypnotic tour de force--and a hugely ambitious leap forward for one of the most broadly talented and compelling young writers today.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1632862050
ISBN13:9781632862051
Release Date:March 2015
Publisher:Bloomsbury USA
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.0"
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