{"product_id":"9780241994115-selected-poems","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow including an afterword and new poems by the author and an introduction by Gary Younge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePioneering poet Linton Kwesi Johnson has revolutionized English literature with his electrifying fusion of oral verse, Jamaican speech, radical politics and reggae rhythms. This new edition of a vital selection of poems covers over four decades and includes classic early poems such as 'Inglan is a Bitch', 'New Craas Massakah' and 'Sonny's Lettah', as well as compelling recent work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Linton Kwesi Johnson's impact on the cultural landscape over the last half-century has been colossal and multi-generational . His political ferocity and his tireless scrutiny of history are truly Pinteresque, as is the humour with which he pursues them' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A warrior wordsmith whose couplets take no prisoners' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Linton Kwesi Johnson's body of work - the sheer length, breadth, depth, politics, performance, rhyme and reason of it - bears witness to a lifetime of lending lyrical form to a condition that Britain has proved unable or unwilling (or both) to name' Gary Younge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943376793697,"sku":"9780241994115","price":10.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34340300.jpg?v=1747276187","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241994115-selected-poems","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}