Selected Poems

A reissue of Linton Kwesi Johnson''s best poems over three decades in honour of the award-winning poet''s 70th birthdaybr>br>Ranging from protests against police brutality to eulogies for departed friends and playful celebrations of urban life, Johnson''s use of Jamaican dialect to tackle distinctly British subjects contributed to a revolution in the notion of literary English. This reissue of Selected Poems charts the unique literary talent of one of Britain''s most influential poets and social critics.br>br>*** PRAISE FOR LINTON KWESI JOHNSON ***br>br>''Linton''s rhymes speak for our time'' Voicebr>br>''Brilliant . . . the alternative poet-laureate'' Time Outbr>br>''A warrior wordsmith whose couplets take no prisoners'' The Times>

Product details

• Authors: Linton Kwesi Johnson, JOHNSON LINTON KWES, Johnson Linton Kwesi
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9780241994115
• ISBN: 978-0-241-99411-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Jamaica, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Places, POETRY / Caribbean & Latin American, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Relating to Black British Caribbean people