Leaning Against Time (Paperback)

Paperback. Longlisted for the Jhalak Poetry Prize 2026This is the first substantial selection ofpoems by SuAndi, whose work - as performer, writer for stage and artscurator - has recently been celebrated by the award of the Benson Medalby the Royal Society of Literature, of which she is an honorary fellow,for services to literature across her career, which recognised herpoems' fierce, vividly powerful and dramatic depictions of women's lives- in Manchester, the city she grew up in - and of Black communities andthe lives of those whose voices are not often heard, even now, incontemporary British literature.In this selection, the rhythms of speech and performance echo off thepage. Though she is as at home with the dramatic monologue as the lyricand the ballad, SuAndi's poems defy easy categorisation and makevisible on the page a remarkable trailblazing writing career. The first substantial selection of poems by SuAndi, whose work - as aperformer, a writer for stage and an arts curator - has recently beencelebrated by her winning the RSL Benson Medal Award. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …