Sonnets for Albert by Anthony Joseph
**WINNER OF THE T S ELIOT PRIZE FOR POETRY 2022** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR POETRY 2022** **LONGLISTED FOR THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE 2023** With Sonnets for Albert, Anthony Joseph returns to the autobiographical material explored in his earlier collection Bird Head Son. In this follow-up, he weighs the impact of being the son of an absent, or mostly absent, father, Though these poems threaten to break under the weight of their emotions, they are always masterfully poised as the stylish man they depict.
After much silence and absence in life, the poet’s father is painstakingly restored in death in a book-length “calypso sonnet” sequence.. Sonnets for Albert movingly makes peace with his shade * Guardian *
A luminous collection which celebrates humanity in all its contradictions and breathes new life into this enduring form -- T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2023 judges
Praise for Anthony Joseph: "Possessing or possessed by requisite bearings, language and lore, Anthony Joseph is fully and beautifully up to the task -- Nathaniel Mackey
An exceptional talent -- Blake Morrison
A luminous collection which celebrates humanity in all its contradictions and breathes new life into this enduring form -- T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2023 judges
Praise for Anthony Joseph: "Possessing or possessed by requisite bearings, language and lore, Anthony Joseph is fully and beautifully up to the task -- Nathaniel Mackey
An exceptional talent -- Blake Morrison
Anthony Joseph is a poet, musician and academic whose work explores the transnational vibrations of the African Diaspora. As well as several poetry collections, a slew of albums, and three novels, Joseph has published critical work exploring the aesthetics of Caribbean Poetry among other subjects. Sonnets for Albert is his first poetry collection since Rubber Orchestras in 2013.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781526649942 |
| ISBN 10 | 1526649942 |
| Title | Sonnets for Albert |
| Author | Anthony Joseph |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2022-06-09 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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