My Darling from the Lions

ISBN-13: 9781529045161 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 96 str.

Rachel Long

Opis

Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 'Rachel Long is an enchanting and heartwarming new voice in poetry.' Bernardine Evaristo 'A voice so clear it cuts through everything and rings like a bell.' Mary Jean Chan, author of Fleche Rachel Long's much-anticipated debut collection of poems, My Darling from the Lions, announces the arrival of a thrilling new presence in poetry. Each poem has a vivid story to tell - of family quirks, the perils of dating, the grip of religion or sexual awakening - stories that are, by turn, emotionally insightful, politically conscious, wise, funny and outrageous. Long reveals herself as a razor-sharp and original voice on the issues of sexual politics and cultural inheritance that polarize our current moment. But it's her refreshing commitment to the power of the individual poem that will leave the reader turning each page in eager anticipation: here is an immediate,wide-awake poetry that entertains royally, without sacrificing a note of its urgency or remarkable skill.

Recenzje

Rachel Long is an enchanting and heartwarming new voice in poetry. Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other

O autorze

Rachel Long is a Costa Prize shortlisted poet and founder of Octavia Poetry Collective for Womxn of Colour, which is housed at Southbank Centre, in London. Rachel's poetry and prose have been published widely, including in Filigree, Mal and the White Review. She is Assistant Tutor to Jacob Sam-La Rose on the Barbican Young Poets programme, 2015-present. My Darling from the Lions is her debut collection of poems.