Femi, Caleb
Poor
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141992150
- author:
- Femi, Caleb
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 160
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 centimeters
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Race Relations,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Winner of the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, Caleb Femi's debut poetry collection explores the trials, tribulations, dreams and joys of young Black boys in 21st-century Peckham. Combining poetry and original photography, Femi contemplates the ways in which they are informed by their built environment and writes a coded, near-mythical history of his South London youth.
This is a tribute to the world that shaped a poet, and to the people forging difficult lives and finding magic within it. Through his work, Femi pays tribute to the rappers and artists who spoke to his life, and to the endz, a world of concrete walls and gentrifying neighbourhoods that form the stage for his story.
With a unique blend of poetry and photography, Poor is a landmark debut that takes us into new literary territory, impressive and stunning in equal measure.
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