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PUBLISHER: Canongate Books

FORMAT: Electronic book text

ISBN: 9781847676313

RRP: £7.99

PAGES: 128

PUBLICATION DATE:
August 18, 2016

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Listener

Lemn Sissay

Breaking the silence Lemn Sissay is back with a sensational new book. 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.

Reviews of Listener

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

Lemn Sissay

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.

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