On Connection: 'Powerful' MATT HAIG (Faber Social) - Hardcover

Tempest, Kae

 
9780571354023: On Connection: 'Powerful' MATT HAIG (Faber Social)

Synopsis

Staggering talent Kae Tempest's first work of non-fiction: a meditation on the power of creative connection

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About the Author

Kae Tempest is a poet. They are also a writer, a lyricist, a performer and a recording artist. They have published plays, poems, a novel, a book length non-fiction essay (On Connection, published by Faber & Faber in 2020), released albums and toured extensively, selling out shows from Reykjavik to Rio de Janeiro. They received Mercury Music Prize nominations for both of the albums Everybody Down and Let Them Eat Chaos and two Ivor Novello nominations for their song-writing on The Book of Traps and Lessons. They were named a Next Generation Poet in 2014, a once in a decade accolade.They received the Ted Hughes Award for their longform narrative poem Brand New Ancients and the Leone D'Argento at the Venice Teatro Biennale for their work as a playwright. Their books have been translated into eleven languages and published to critical acclaim around the world. They were born in London in 1985 where they still live. They hope to continue putting words together for a long time.

From the Back Cover

This is a meditation on the power of creative connection. Drawing on twenty years' experience as a writer and performer, Kae Tempest explores how and why creativity - however we choose to practise it - can cultivate greater self-awareness and help us establish a deeper relationship to ourselves and the world. Honest, tender and written with piercing clarity, On Connection is a call to arms that speaks to a universal yet intimate truth.

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9780571370436: On Connection: 'Powerful' MATT HAIG

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ISBN 10:  0571370438 ISBN 13:  9780571370436
Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2022
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