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Kae Tempest: Brand New Ancients —The New Waste Land.
If you invest in just one poetry collection this year, get Brand New Ancients by Kae Tempest. In fact, it is not a collection—rather, a long poem which bounds with vociferous energy over its forty-seven pages. The book begins with an aphoristic inscription: “This poem was written to be read aloud”, and to read it…
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“The Hill We Climb”, Amanda Gorman.
Rarely does a poet capture the interest of the world’s press amid the inauguration of an American president—as the Guardian put it: Amanda Gorman “stole the inauguration show”. Gorman addresses the president, then the first lady, Dr. Biden—with a palpable emphasis on ‘doctor’: an acknowledging doff, woman to woman—before her narrative leans seamlessly from formal…
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Lisa Mansell 