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From family to relationships to race, we all have different factors that contribute to our overall identity. Blackish explores the complexity of identity. Tyrone explores the complexities of the different aspects that make up one's self, prompting others to think on what makes them.
This collection explores belonging, spirituality, gender race and identity as well as themes of girlhood, pop cultural, familial bonds and crushes, against a backdrop of city streets steeped in colonial power structures.
A paraplegic wakes to find he is the sole survivor of an unknown apocalypse. He decides to survive and spends a year navigating the empty motorways of England to see if he really is the only one left alive. He sets off with only his wheelchair and enough food and medical supplies to last a week. To live beyond that he must adapt and scavenge. Told through a daily account of poems he begins to question his own identity, whether you are disabled if there is no-one to be compared to and what does it mean to want to move forwards.
I think this was my first day of school playing 'kitchen' with Andrew. I was old enough to terrify my parents and siblings but young enough not to know what a prime age I was. Often, I struggle to access love for myself. At those times, it helps me to think of Little Rachel. I feel this duty of care to this baby girl who has torn through heaven and earth and ultimately, faced death to get me to today. I have a duty to her, she has done her best and is tired. So now it's my turn.' Part poetry collection, part slapdash scrapbook - 'Little You' is a journey exploring some of the most formatives parts of a little life.
This full collection of poems by underdog polemical poet Jamie Thrasivoulou is a no-holds-barred exploration of anthemic working-class narratives.
On the radio they said that Hans Christian Andersen wrote the Little Mermaid as he was avoiding the wedding of someone he loved. So I picked a book from my shelf, I sat down, and I began to read.
What are the real and metaphorical places we do battle in? How are the barriers of the heart and the stone challenged when you are defined as `Other'? Come Home Alive is Penny Pepper's debut poetry collection. It reflects a diversity of thought and emotion, resonating with her signature combination of compassion, wit and protest. This collection gathers together some of her most successful live pieces including the protest of London Bus, the anthemic Cripplegate Town, and the spit of outrage in Special. Penny's work has been described as euphoric melancholic, reflected in poems such as Sonnet for Blues and Rain.
This title is a collection of intimate and introspective observations, from the Bristol-based artist and poet, Isadora Vibes. A performance artist and theatre maker, 'soak' is a body of work inspired by the liquidity of our existence. Surreal, sensual, seductive - the book captures an adult world of tender truth, accompanied by a stark yet magical realism. Confessional as it is reflective, 'soak' is a captivating collection of brevity and bravura from one of Bristol's most ethereal and engaging poets.
Hungry? Sad? Horny? Homesick? Lovesick? Hungry? Hungry? Hungry? Amuse Girl, Hannah Raymond-Cox's debut collection, is a full fine dining experience, from a poem for an oyster fork to a one about a slice of tomato. Weird, wonder-filled, and bittersweet, the book invites the reader to dip in and take a quick taste.