A01=Kae Tempest
Author_Kae Tempest
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contemporary youth
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Greek mythology
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modern life
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Product details
- ISBN 9781035039173
- Dimensions: 130 x 197mm
- Publication Date: 10 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Hold Your Own, Kae Tempest's first full-length poetry collection for Picador is an ambitious, multi-voiced work based around the mythical figure of Tiresias.
This four-part work follows him through his transformations from child, man and woman to blind prophet; through this structure, Tempest holds up a mirror to contemporary life in a direct and provocative way rarely associated with poetry.
Part of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.
'Dazzling' – Metro
'Mesmerising' – The Observer
'A game-changer' – The Independent
Kae Tempest is a poet, lyricist, performer and recording artist. He has published plays, poems, a novel, a book-length non-fiction essay, released albums and toured extensively, selling out shows from Reykjavik to Rio de Janeiro. He received Mercury Music Prize nominations for both of the albums Everybody Down and Let Them Eat Chaos, and two Ivor Novello nominations for their song-writing on The Book of Traps and Lessons. He was named a Next Generation Poet in 2014, a once-in-a-decade accolade. He received the Ted Hughes Award for his long-form narrative poem Brand New Ancients and the Leone D’Argento at the Venice Teatro Biennale for his work as a playwright. His books have been translated into eleven languages and published to critical acclaim around the world. He was born in London in 1985, where he still lives. He hopes to continue putting words together for a long time.
