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Divisible by Itself and One: Kae Tempest (Picador poetry) - Softcover

Tempest, Kae

 
9781529073119: Divisible by Itself and One: Kae Tempest (Picador poetry)

Synopsis

I want to sing you early songs. Go deeper.
I want to take you back where you began,
Find the scraps of you you hid in secret
And bring them back to life beneath my tongue.


Divisible by Itself and One is the powerful new collection from our foremost truth-teller Kae Tempest. Ruminative, wise, with a newer, more contemplative and metaphysical note running through, it is a book engaged with the big questions and the emotional states in which we live and create. Some of the poems experiment with form, some are free, and yet all are politically and morally conscious. Divisible by Itself and One is also a book about human form, the body as boundary and how we are read by the world. Taking its bearings - and title - from the prime number, Divisible by Itself and One is concerned, ultimately, with integrity: how to live in honest relationship with oneself and others.

“Tempest delivers their thoughts gorgeously, rhythmically, but also with clarity and a fierce grace” Observer

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About the Author

Kae Tempest is a poet, lyricist, performer and recording artist. He has published plays, poems, a novel, a book-length essay, released albums and toured extensively, selling out shows from Reykjavik to Rio de Janeiro. He received Mercury Music Prize nominations for both of the albums Everybody Down and Let Them Eat Chaos, and two Ivor Novello nominations for his song-writing on The Book of Traps and Lessons. He was named a Next Generation Poet in 2014, a once-in-a-decade accolade. He received the Ted Hughes Award for his long-form narrative poem Brand New Ancients and the Leone D’Argento at the Venice Teatro Biennale for his work as a playwright. His books have been translated into eleven languages and published to critical acclaim around the world. He was born in London in 1985 where he still lives. He hopes to continue putting words together for a long time.

From the Back Cover

Introducing the new poetry collection from Kae Tempest, Divisible by Itself and One.

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