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A Fire in My Head: Poems for the Dawn (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781635423082)
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xFrom the renowned Booker Prize-winning author, a powerful collection of poems covering topics of the day, such as the refugee crisis, Black Lives Matter protests, and COVID-19. In our times of crisis
The mind has its powers This book brings together many of Ben Okri's most acclaimed and politically charged poems.
"Grenfell Tower, June 2017" was published in the Financial Times less than ten days after the fire, and Okri's reading of it was played more than six million times on Facebook.
"Notre-Dame Is Telling Us Something" was first read on BBC Radio 4, in the aftermath of the cathedral's near destruction. It speaks eloquently of the despair that was felt around the world.
In "shaved head poem," Okri writes of the confusion and anxiety felt as the world grappled with a health crisis unprecedented in our times.
"Breathing the Light" is his response to the events of summer 2020, when a Black man died beneath the knee of a white policeman, a tragedy sparking a movement for change.
These poems and others, including poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa, Barack Obama, Amnesty International, and more, make this a uniquely powerful collection that blends anger and tenderness with Okri's inimitable vision.
Author: Ben Okri
ISBN-10: 1635423082
ISBN-13: 9781635423082
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2023
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 6.70h x 5.30w x 1.20d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/2022 pg. 108
The mind has its powers This book brings together many of Ben Okri's most acclaimed and politically charged poems.
"Grenfell Tower, June 2017" was published in the Financial Times less than ten days after the fire, and Okri's reading of it was played more than six million times on Facebook.
"Notre-Dame Is Telling Us Something" was first read on BBC Radio 4, in the aftermath of the cathedral's near destruction. It speaks eloquently of the despair that was felt around the world.
In "shaved head poem," Okri writes of the confusion and anxiety felt as the world grappled with a health crisis unprecedented in our times.
"Breathing the Light" is his response to the events of summer 2020, when a Black man died beneath the knee of a white policeman, a tragedy sparking a movement for change.
These poems and others, including poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa, Barack Obama, Amnesty International, and more, make this a uniquely powerful collection that blends anger and tenderness with Okri's inimitable vision.
Author: Ben Okri
ISBN-10: 1635423082
ISBN-13: 9781635423082
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2023
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 6.70h x 5.30w x 1.20d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/2022 pg. 108
By Ben Okri
xBen Okri is a playwright, poet, novelist, essayist, short-story writer, anthologist, and aphorist. He has also written film scripts. His works have won numerous national and international prizes, including the Booker Prize for Fiction. His books include the eco-fable Every Leaf a Hallelujah, the play Changing Destiny, the genre-bending climate fiction Tiger Work, the poetry collections A Fire in My Head and Mental Fight, and the novels Astonishing the Gods, The Last Gift of the Master Artists, and Dangerous Love. In 2023 he received a knighthood for services to literature.
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