Brand New Ancients
- Author Kae Tempest
- Narrator Kae Tempest
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Run Time 1 hour and 20 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Poetry, Poetry by individual poets.
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What to expect
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.
Critics Review
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breathe[s] new life into old classic forms . . . a long poem about us and the gods that’s all high-kicking verve and long-range understanding. I loved its vision, powerful and merciful.
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