Let the Light Pour In
Published on 21. September 2023
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-80530-113-4 (ISBN)
Description
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
A SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE BOOK TO GIFT
For the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life-affirming, witty and full of wonder, these poems chronicle his own battle with the dark and are fuelled by resilience and defiant joy. Let the Light Pour In is a collection of the best of these poems, and a book celebrating this morning practice.
'How do you do it?' said night
'How do you wake up and shine?'
'I keep it simple,' said light
'One day at a time'
A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
A SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE BOOK TO GIFT
For the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life-affirming, witty and full of wonder, these poems chronicle his own battle with the dark and are fuelled by resilience and defiant joy. Let the Light Pour In is a collection of the best of these poems, and a book celebrating this morning practice.
'How do you do it?' said night
'How do you wake up and shine?'
'I keep it simple,' said light
'One day at a time'
Reviews / Votes
I am not sure I've read a more beautiful poetry book -- FEARNE COTTON Wonderful . . . one of these books that just makes you happy to have in your bag -- JACKIE KAY I love Lemn for his hard-won light smashed out of darkness like gold from therock. Simple fast quatrains, dawn-written, day after day, just swallow one like an espresso and go -- JEANETTE WINTERSON * * New Statesman, Books of 2023 * * This wee beauty has me hooked from the preface. We truly have a national treasure in Lemn Sissay -- PATERSON JOSEPH If you're looking for lovein every day, then find
Let the Light Pour in
by Lemn Sissay -- JESSICA HYNES A master of words: what he manages to do with language is help us remember that each word is important -- NIHAL ARTHANAYAKE Wonderfully quotable . . . within those four lines, so much is said -- CLARE BALDING The most lovely present -- ANDI OLIVER A delight and a balm -- ADJOA ANDOH Full of resilience, defiance and joy * * Muddy Stilettos * *
More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 112 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
208 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80530-113-4 (9781805301134)
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Person
Lemn Sissay is a BAFTA-nominated, award-winning writer and broadcaster. He has authored collections of poetry and plays and his memoir My Name Is Why was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. His Landmark poems are visible in London, Manchester, Huddersfield and Addis Ababa. He has been made an Honorary Doctor by the universities of Manchester, Kent, Essex, Huddersfield and Brunel, and in 2019 he was awarded the PEN Pinter Prize. He received an MBE in 2010 and an OBE in 2021 for services to literature and charity. In 2023, Sissay was awarded the Freedom of the City of London. He is British and Ethiopian.
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