Brand New Ancients
Author | : Kae Tempest |
Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2013-08-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781447257691 |
ISBN-13 | : 1447257693 |
Rating | : 4/5 (693 Downloads) |
Download or read book Brand New Ancients written by Kae Tempest and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kate Tempest is one of the most exciting and innovative performers to have emerged in spoken-word poetry in many years; her dramatic poem Brand New Ancients won the prestigious Ted Hughes Prize for innovation in poetry. Tempest’s wholly unique blend of street poetry, rap and storytelling – combined with the spellbinding delivery of an open-air revivalist – has won her legions of followers all over the UK. Her remarkable stage presence is wholly audible in this poem, a spoken story written to be told with live music. Brand New Ancients is the tale of two families and their intertwining lives, set against the background of the city and braided with classical myth. Here, Tempest shows how the old myths still live on in our everyday acts of violence, bravery, sacrifice and love – and that our lives make tales no less dramatic and powerful than those of the old gods.