{"product_id":"9780141992150-poor","title":"Poor","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChosen as a Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, Rough Trade and the BBC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Jhalak Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Restlessly inventive, brutally graceful, startlingly beautiful . a landmark debut' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Oh my God, he's just stirring me. Destroying me'  \u003c\/b\u003eMichaela Coel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A poet of truth and rage, heartbreak and joy'  \u003c\/b\u003eMax Porter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Takes us into new literary territory . impressive'\u003c\/b\u003e  Bernardine Evaristo, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman (Books of the Year)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It's simply stunning. Every image is a revelation'  \u003c\/b\u003eTerrance Hayes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is it like to grow up in a place where the same police officer who told your primary school class they were special stops and searches you at 13 because 'you fit the description of a man' - and where it is possible to walk two and a half miles through an estate of 1,444 homes without ever touching the ground?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePoor\u003c\/i\u003e, Caleb Femi combines poetry and original photography to explore the trials, tribulations, dreams and joys of young Black boys in twenty-first century Peckham. He contemplates the ways in which they are informed by the built environment of concrete walls and gentrifying neighbourhoods that form their stage, writes a coded, near-mythical history of the personalities and sagas of his South London youth, and pays tribute to the rappers and artists who spoke to their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbove all, this is a tribute to the world that shaped a poet, and to the people forging difficult lives and finding magic within it. As Femi writes in one of the final poems of this book: 'I have never loved anything the way I love the endz.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39325284106337,"sku":"9780141992150","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32388345.jpg?v=1737218728","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141992150-poor","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}