Red, Cheery Red (Poetry)

Red, Cheery Red (Poetry)
Jackie Kay
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Hardback
h170 x 170mm - 96pg
5 Sep 2019 UK
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9781526614841
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This collection is full of the dramatic power associated with Jackie's work, and plenty of music too. She explores the theme of identity in poems about an older generation, especially grandmothers. She introduces the reader to other brilliantly drawn characters, such as, 'The Fisherman', old Mona MacFadden, and the fierce and grim 'Mrs Dungeon Brae', whose 'face had all of Scotland's misery' 'but her cheeks were surprises - a dash of colour, a sprig of purple heather peeping over the barren hillside'. Nature and the elements play a big role too: trees, the moon, the sea, fire. Jackie's style is both muscular and lyrical - one moment witty, the next melancholic, or gently surreal - and in this brilliant collection, her poems are infused with warmth and colour: in particular, the colour RED.
'This collection blazes with colour ... This book confirms Kay's place as one of the most versatile poets writing for children today' Morag Styles, Books for Keeps
Jackie Kay is an award-winning writer of fiction, poetry and plays, whose subtle investigation into the complexities of identity have been informed by her own life. Born in Edinburgh to a Scottish mother and Nigerian father, she was adopted as a baby by a white couple. Kay's awareness of her different heritages inspired her first book of poetry, The Adoption Papers, which won the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year and a commendation from the Forward Poetry Prize judges. Subsequent collections have gone on to win numerous awards, and her first novel, Trumpet, won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1998. Jackie has also written three collections for children: Three Has Gone and Two's Company, both published by Puffin, and The Frog Who Dreamed She Was an Opera Singer, published by Bloomsbury in 1998 and winner of the Signal Poetry Award. In 2006 Jackie was awarded an MBE. In 2007 she picked up the decibel Writer of the Year prize as part of the British Book Awards. She currently lives in Manchester.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781526614841
Published: 5 Sep 2019
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Children's Books
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Height: 170mm
Width: 170mm
Pages: 96

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