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My heart throws its head against my ribs, / it's denting every bone it's venting something it has known since I arrived and felt it beat.
Walking in the forest one morning, a young man disturbs two copulating snakes—and is punished by the goddess Hera, who turns him into a woman. So begins Hold Your Own, a riveting tale of youth and experience, wealth and poverty, sex and love, that draws ancient figures into a fiercely contemporary vision.
Weaving elements of classical myth, autobiography and social commentary, Tempest uses the story of the blind, clairvoyant Tiresias to create four sequences of poems, addressing childhood, manhood, womanhood, and late life. The result is a rhythmically hypnotic tour de force—and a hugely ambitious leap forward for one of the most broadly talented and compelling young writers today.

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- Release date: March 10, 2015
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- ISBN: 9781632862068
- Release date: March 10, 2015
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- ISBN: 9781632862068
- File size: 214 KB
- Release date: March 10, 2015

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My heart throws its head against my ribs, / it's denting every bone it's venting something it has known since I arrived and felt it beat.
Walking in the forest one morning, a young man disturbs two copulating snakes—and is punished by the goddess Hera, who turns him into a woman. So begins Hold Your Own, a riveting tale of youth and experience, wealth and poverty, sex and love, that draws ancient figures into a fiercely contemporary vision.
Weaving elements of classical myth, autobiography and social commentary, Tempest uses the story of the blind, clairvoyant Tiresias to create four sequences of poems, addressing childhood, manhood, womanhood, and late life. The result is a rhythmically hypnotic tour de force—and a hugely ambitious leap forward for one of the most broadly talented and compelling young writers today.

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Bloomsbury Publishing
Kindle Book
Release date: March 10, 2015
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ISBN: 9781632862068
Release date: March 10, 2015
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ISBN: 9781632862068
File size: 214 KB
Release date: March 10, 2015
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- Kae Tempest - Author
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