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Kate Tempest grew up in southeast London. She has had a varied career as a poet, playwright, rapper, and recording artist. Her new solo record, Everybody Down -- a concept album featuring characters from her debut novel, The Bricks That Built the Houses (Bloomsbury, Winter 16) -- is shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Prize.Brand New Ancients, conceived as a performance piece, won the Ted Hughes Award in 2012 and in 2014 Kate was selected as one of this decade's 20 Next Generation Poets from the UK and Ireland. Her first poetry collection, Hold Your Own, will be published simultaneously.
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“Thrillingly good . . . Ms. Tempest stitches together words with such animate grace that language acquires an almost tactile quality, and the drama she unfolds . . . soars to operatic dimensions. . . . [An] hypnotically persuasive vision.” ―Charles Isherwood, New York Times
“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, The Observer, Best Books of the Year
“Feels as if we are . . . gathered around a hearth, hearing the age-old stories that help us make sense of our lives . . . The ordinary is lifted into the extraordinary.” ―The Guardian
“A torrent of poetry so brilliant that the words often seem to glow and smoke with intensity . . . [Tempest] writes with brilliance, but above all with overwhelming love.” ―The Scotsman
“The most exciting contribution to poetry this year . . . Kate Tempest has created an ambitious, unforgettable mythology and made us look at the world afresh.” ―Judges' citation for Ted Hughes Award
“Thrillingly good . . . Ms. Tempest stitches together words with such animate grace that language acquires an almost tactile quality, and the drama she unfolds . . . soars to operatic dimensions. . . . [An] hypnotically persuasive vision.” ―Charles Isherwood, New York Times
“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, The Observer, Best Books of the Year
“Feels as if we are . . . gathered around a hearth, hearing the age-old stories that help us make sense of our lives. . . The ordinary is lifted into the extraordinary.” ―The Guardian
“A torrent of poetry so brilliant that the words often seem to glow and smoke with intensity . . . [Tempest] writes with brilliance, but above all with overwhelming love.” ―The Scotsman
“The most exciting contribution to poetry this year . . . Kate Tempest has created an ambitious, unforgettable mythology and made us look at the world afresh.” ―Judges' citation for Ted Hughes Award
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1447257685
- ISBN 13 9781447257684
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages48
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