Selected Poems
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A selection of Linton Kwesi Johnson's best poems over three decades. 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 Selected Poems charts the unique literary talent of one of Britain's most influential poets and social critics.
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A selection of Linton Kwesi Johnson's best poems over three decades. 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 Selected Poems charts the unique literary talent of one of Britain's most influential poets and social critics.
Title: Selected Poems
Author: Linton Kwesi Johnson
ISBN: 9780141025018
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2006-06-01
Number of Pages: 128
Weight: 0.1180 kg
Linton's rhymes speak for our time * Voice *
Brilliant . . . the alternative poet-laureate * Time Out *
A warrior wordsmith whose couplets take no prisoners * The Times *
Let us sing and dance to the expression of the age-old ideals with LKJ -- Fred D'Aguiar
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