Description
Hold Your Own, Kae Tempest’s first full-length 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.
A vastly popular and accomplished performance poet, Tempest commands a huge and dedicated following on the performance and rap circuit. Brand New Ancients, also available from Picador, won the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry and has played to packed concert halls on both sides of the Atlantic.







Jinx
The Curse Of The School Rabbit
The Inner Harbour
Selected Poetry
Words the Turtle Taught Me
The Genre of Silence
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Milk and Honey
One Mole Digging a Hole
Let Us Compare Mythologies
What I Learned from Johnny Bevan