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C+nto: & Othered Poems
WINNER OF THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE 2021
WINNER OF THE POLARI BOOK PRIZE 2022
WINNER OF THE POLARI BOOK PRIZE 2022
The female body is a political space.
C+nto enters the private lives of women from the butch counterculture, telling the inside story of the protests they led in the '90s to reclaim their bodies as their own - their difficult balance between survival and self-expression. History, magic, rebellion, party and sermon vibrate through Joelle Taylor's cantos to uncover these underground communities forged by women.
Part-memoir and part-conjecture, Taylor explores sexuality and gender in poetry that is lyrical, expansive, imagistic, epic and intimate. C+nto is a love poem, a riot, a late night, and an honouring.
Book Details
- Publisher: Westbourne Press
- Publish Date: Oct 5th, 2021
- Pages: 128
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.70in - 5.00in - 0.50in - 0.35lb
- EAN: 9781908906489
- Categories: • LGBTQ+• Women Authors• LGBTQ+ Studies - Lesbian Studies
About the Author
Taylor, Joelle: - Joelle Taylor is an award-winning poet, playwright and author. She founded SLAMbassadors, the UK's youth slam championship, is a fellow of the RSA and the host and co-curator of Out-Spoken, the UK's premier poetry and music club, currently resident at London's Southbank Centre.
Praise for this book
A New Statesman, TLS and White Review Book of the Year
'Joelle Taylor has produced one of the most astonishing and
original poetry collections of recent years.' - New
Statesman Books of the Year 2021 'A real treat ... inventive, powerfully moving work.' - The
Telegraph ★★★★ 'Absolutely incredible ... A celebration and a tribute to the
dyke bars and the butches who left their mark ... This is work that should not
be missed.'- Diva Magazine, Book of the Month
'Joelle Taylor has a
Midas touch with words. C+nto will open eyes, hearts and
minds. Here is poetry that defends our right to walk without fear, wear what we
choose, be who we uniquely are.'-Diana Souhami
'Unlike anything I've ever read before. Partly autobiographical, it excavates,
foregrounds and celebrates the lives of butch lesbians through the most
memorable and often astonishing poetry that is at once epic and intimate.'- Bernardine Evaristo Book of the Year, TLS
'This
collection is nothing short of a triumph, weaving emotive and expressive
personal histories with a sense of invention in poetic form and structure that
should not be overlooked.'- The Idler
'One
of the most nerve-jangling, painfully autobiographical and troublingly brave
books of poetry I have read in years.'- The
Tablet
'[Taylor's poetic form] lends a
rushing and head-rushing energy... This is solid work. These poems should be read
and appreciated.' - TLS
'Joelle Taylor has produced one of the most astonishing and
original poetry collections of recent years.' - New
Statesman Books of the Year 2021 'A real treat ... inventive, powerfully moving work.' - The
Telegraph ★★★★ 'Absolutely incredible ... A celebration and a tribute to the
dyke bars and the butches who left their mark ... This is work that should not
be missed.'- Diva Magazine, Book of the Month
'Joelle Taylor has a
Midas touch with words. C+nto will open eyes, hearts and
minds. Here is poetry that defends our right to walk without fear, wear what we
choose, be who we uniquely are.'-Diana Souhami
'Unlike anything I've ever read before. Partly autobiographical, it excavates,
foregrounds and celebrates the lives of butch lesbians through the most
memorable and often astonishing poetry that is at once epic and intimate.'- Bernardine Evaristo Book of the Year, TLS
'This
collection is nothing short of a triumph, weaving emotive and expressive
personal histories with a sense of invention in poetic form and structure that
should not be overlooked.'- The Idler
'One
of the most nerve-jangling, painfully autobiographical and troublingly brave
books of poetry I have read in years.'- The
Tablet
'[Taylor's poetic form] lends a
rushing and head-rushing energy... This is solid work. These poems should be read
and appreciated.' - TLS