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We Brits

We Brits

by JohnAgard (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

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Synopsis

John Agard has been subverting British poetry for the past 30 years with his mischievous, satirical fables which overturn all our expectations. In We Brits , the Guyanese-born word magician gives an outsider's inside view of British life in poems which both challenge and cherish our peculiar culture and hallowed institutions. Some explore hidden connections in British history, while others are wildly inventive forays into comic territory: Shakespeare addresses the tabloids, Jesus, Buddha and Mohammed arrive in Britain at Gatwick, Heathrow and Dover, and all the foreign words flee the English dictionary.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 72
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Published: 10 Sep 2006
ISBN 10: 1852247339
ISBN 13: 9781852247331

Media Reviews
'John Agard's poetry is a wonderful affirmation of life, in a language that is as vital and joyous as we are able to craft it in the Caribbean, in spite of our history of distress' - david dabydeen 'His poems are direct and arresting, playful, full of startling imagery, and are hilarious, passionate and erotic as often as they are political - often managing to be all these things at once - maura dooley 'The new poems create multiple entertaining voices, but they are also urgent fables for our time' - paula burnett, Times Literary Supplement 'A specialist in word trickery...Agard is one of our most consistent, culture-crossing spokesmen' - graeme wright, Poetry Review 'One of the most eloquent contemporary poets...rich in literary and cultural allusion, yet as direct as a voice in the bus queue' - helen dunmore, Observer
Author Bio
Poet, performer, anthologist, John Agard was born in Guyana and came to Britain in 1977. He won the Casa de las Americas Prize in 1982, and a Paul Hamlyn Award in 1997. He was writer-in-residence with the BBC in 1998, working with the Windrush Project. His other books include two collections from Serpent's Tail, Mangoes and Bullets and Lovelines for a Goat-Born Lady, and two from Bloodaxe, From the Devil's Pulpit (1997) and Weblines (2000). His anthology Hello New (2000), published by Orchard Books, was chosen by the Poetry Society as its Children's Poetry Bookshelf Best Anthology. He lives in Lewes, East Sussex.