
Precious & Impossible: Selected Poems
Anthony Joseph(Author)
Bloomsbury Poetry (Publisher)
Published on 26. September 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-5266-5121-1 (ISBN)
Description
Featuring exclusive new work, Precious and Impossible gathers together over three decades of poetry from the T S Eliot Prize-winning Anthony Joseph.
With an introduction by Lauri Scheyer
For over three decades, Anthony Joseph's work has explored the transnational vibrations of the African diaspora. Precious and Impossible brings together thirty years of Joseph's poetry and lyrics - cementing his status as one of our greatest living poets and polymaths
'Joseph is both a faithful heir and an agnostic rebel; a Black poet haunted by Africa's past as well as a bilingual post-modernist amused by the possibilities of the future' Ali Alizadeh
With an introduction by Lauri Scheyer
For over three decades, Anthony Joseph's work has explored the transnational vibrations of the African diaspora. Precious and Impossible brings together thirty years of Joseph's poetry and lyrics - cementing his status as one of our greatest living poets and polymaths
'Joseph is both a faithful heir and an agnostic rebel; a Black poet haunted by Africa's past as well as a bilingual post-modernist amused by the possibilities of the future' Ali Alizadeh
Reviews / Votes
Praise for Sonnets for Albert: After much silence and absence in life, the poet's father is painstakingly restored in death in a book-length "calypso sonnet" sequence ... Sonnets for Albert movingly makes peace with his shade * GUARDIAN * A luminous collection which celebrates humanity in all its contradictions and breathes new life into this enduring form -- TS ELIOT PRIZE JUDGES Possessing or possessed by requisite bearings, language and lore, Anthony Joseph is fully and beautifully up to the task -- NATHANIEL MACKEYMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
282 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-5121-1 (9781526651211)
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Anthony Joseph
Precious & Impossible: Selected Poems
E-Book
09/2024
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Poetry
€14.49
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Anthony Joseph
Precious & Impossible: Selected Poems
E-Book
09/2024
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Poetry
€14.49
Available for download
Person
Anthony Joseph is a poet, musician and academic whose work explores the transnational vibrations of the African Diaspora. As well as several poetry collections, a slew of albums, and three novels, Joseph has published critical work exploring the aesthetics of Caribbean Poetry among other subjects. Sonnets for Albert was awarded the 2023 T S Eliot Prize and the OCM Bocas Prize, and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Poetry.