Listener

by Lemn Sissay

Overview

Listener overflows with love poems, inner-city soap operas, reflections on history, mystery and felicity and much more. Every page sings with Sissay's unique voice - visionary, good-humoured and bursting with life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847676313
Publisher:	Canongate Books
Publication date:	08/18/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	242 KB

About the Author

Lemn Sissay (born 1967) is a British poet. He is known for performances of his poetry, solo and also with jazz fusion groups. He is also a journalist, playwright, and presenter, working extensively on radio and television. He appears on the Leftfield album Leftism. He was born in Lancashire, of Ethiopian parents.
Lemn Sissay is an award-winning playwright and popular broadcaster in the UK, as well as the author of five poetry books. He was made an Honorary Doctor of Letters by University of Huddersfield in 2009 and awarded an MBE in 2010. He was the official poet of the 2012 London Olympics, has worked with the British Council and is a patron of the Letterbox Club, supporting children in care. His work has featured at the Royal Academy and the British Film Institute. In 2015 he was appointed as Chancellor of The University of Manchester.

Editorial Reviews

His name is magic, his poems are songs on the street.

EBOOK COMMENTARY

[Listener] presents on page its very own visual and musical sparkle...

Incorporating Writing - Mary Mazzilli

Hugely enjoyable, inventive, funny and touching.

Guardian

His name is magic, his poems are songs on the street.

Independent

The product of an imagination that is rare, passionate, committed, occasionally distraught and tender.

Straight No Chaser

Sissay writes of love, hate, politics and everyday trivia with an accessible, compelling and unusual honesty.

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