Reed, Jeremy
Saint Billie
- ISBN 13:
- 9781900564625
- author:
- Reed, Jeremy
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Enitharmon Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2002
- Pages:
- 80
- Dimensions:
- 21.8 x 14.6 x 0.6 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Biography, Composers & Musicians, Biography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Jeremy Reed's new collection explores the life and legacy of Billie Holiday, a jazz singer whose talent rose from poverty to international fame. Her story is marked by personal tragedy and struggle with addiction.
The poems and prose pieces in this book offer a powerful insight into Billie's world, drawing on her own words as well as those of the poet as narrator. The result is a highly charged series that illuminates the jazz age atmosphere and the complexities of its star.
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