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John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry for the past 40 years with his mischievous, satirical fables. In Clever Backbone , the Guyanese-born word magician plays havoc with biology and makes a monkey out of Darwinian evolution - on the occasion of the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his Origin of Species . His Alternative Anthem: Selected Poems (with DVD) is published at the same time.
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John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry for the past 40 years with his mischievous, satirical fables. In Clever Backbone , the Guyanese-born word magician plays havoc with biology and makes a monkey out of Darwinian evolution - on the occasion of the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his Origin of Species . His Alternative Anthem: Selected Poems (with DVD) is published at the same time.
Title: Clever Backbone
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ISBN: 9781852248222
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Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2009-02-26
Number of Pages: 72
Weight: 0.0998 kg
'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
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