May Day
(Sprache: Englisch)
The long-awaited collection from one of Britain's finest poets, and a chronicle of activism in the UK over six decades.
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The long-awaited collection from one of Britain's finest poets, and a chronicle of activism in the UK over six decades.
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May Day is the long-awaited new poetry collection from one of our best-loved poets and former Makar of Scotland, Jackie Kay.These poems cast an eye over several decades of political activism, from the international solidarity of the Glasgow of Kay's childhood, accompanying her parents' Socialist campaigns, through the feminist, LGBT+ and anti-racist movements of the 80s and 90s, up to the present day when a global pandemic intersects with the urgency of Black Lives Matter.
Kay brings to life a cast of influential figures, delving beneath the surfaces of received narratives: the Jamaican model Fanny Eaton, muse of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in England; Paul Robeson, Angela Davis and the poet Audre Lorde; and a 'what-if' poem concerning Rabbie Burns and a road-not-taken towards the West Indian slave trade. Woven through the collection is a suite of lyric poems concerning the recent losses of Kay's parents: poems of grief and profound change that are infused with the light of love and celebration.
Autoren-Porträt von Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh. A poet, novelist and writer of short stories, she has enjoyed great acclaim for her work for both adults and children. Her novel, Trumpet, won the Guardian Fiction Prize. She has published three collections of stories with Picador, Why Don't You Stop Talking, Wish I Was Here, and Reality, Reality; three poetry collections, Fiere. Bantam and May Day; and her memoir, Red Dust Road. From 2016-21 she was the third modern Makar, National Poet for Scotland. She lives in Manchester and is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Salford.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jackie Kay
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 18 Jahre
- 2024, Main Market Ed., 96 Seiten, Maße: 15,4 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Picador
- ISBN-10: 1509864830
- ISBN-13: 9781509864836
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.05.2024
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
At the core of this vital and wonderful book are Jackie's activist parents, and the book is filled with marches, demos, protests, dreams of Peggy Seeger and memories of Hugh MacDiarmid pushing a pram. Here's a beautiful writer at the top of her game and if I ran Britain I would give out copies on the NHS. It's a sublime, joyous, pot-banging volume of genius Andrew O'Hagan, author of Mayflies and Caledonian Road Guardian
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