Picador Collection- Hold Your Own

From the generation-defining spoken word poet, Hold Your Own is an incendiary reworking of the life of the mythical prophet Tiresias. Now part of the Picador Collection. Hold Your Own, Kae Tempest's first full-length poetry collection for Picador is an ambitious, multi-voiced work based around the mythical figure of Tiresias. This four-part work follows him through his transformations from child, man and woman to blind prophet; through this structure, Tempest holds up a mirror to contemporary life in a direct and provocative way rarely associated with poetry. 'Dazzling' – Metro 'Mesmerising' – The Observer 'A game-changer' – The Independent Part of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.