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My Darling from the Lions
- Author
- Rachel Long
- Narrator
- Rachel Long
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 6 August 2020
- Run Time
- 1 hour 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Rachel Long’s much-anticipated debut collection of poems, My Darling from the Lions, announces the arrival of a thrilling new presence in poetry. Each poem has a vivid story to tell – of family quirks, the perils of dating, the grip of religion or sexual awakening – stories that are, by turn, emotionally insightful, politically conscious, wise, funny and outrageous.
Long reveals herself as a razor-sharp and original voice on the issues of sexual politics and cultural inheritance that polarize our current moment. But it's her refreshing commitment to the power of the individual poem that will leave the reader listening in eager anticipation: here is an immediate,wide-awake poetry that entertains royally, without sacrificing a note of its urgency or remarkable skill.
Critics Review
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I loved reading these poems. They are immediate, accessible and necessary, but also joyful, witty and elegant. They tell stories we so much need to hear.
Kate Clanchy, author of Newborn
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Details
- Author
- Rachel Long
- Narrator
- Rachel Long
- Duration
- 1 hour 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 August 2020
- ISBN
- 9781529045598
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Poetry / poems by individual poets, Modern and contemporary poetry / poems, Gender studies: women and girls
Synopsis
Rachel Long’s much-anticipated debut collection of poems, My Darling from the Lions, announces the arrival of a thrilling new presence in poetry. Each poem has a vivid story to tell – of family quirks, the perils of dating, the grip of religion or sexual awakening – stories that are, by turn, emotionally insightful, politically conscious, wise, funny and outrageous.Long reveals herself as a razor-sharp and original voice on the issues of sexual politics and cultural inheritance that polarize our current moment. But it's her refreshing commitment to the power of the individual poem that will leave the reader listening in eager anticipation: here is an immediate,wide-awake poetry that entertains royally, without sacrificing a note of its urgency or remarkable skill.
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