C+nto - by Joelle Taylor (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Electrifying collection exploring the underground lesbian culture by a pioneer of the British spoken word scene.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE T S ELIOT PRIZE 2021</b></b></p><p><br></p><p>The female body is a political space.</p><p><br></p><p><i>C+nto</i> 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.</p><p><br></p><p>Part-memoir and part-conjecture, Taylor explores sexuality and gender in poetry that is lyrical, expansive, imagistic, epic and intimate. <i>C+nto</i> is a love poem, a riot, a late night, and an honouring.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>The female body is a political space.</p><p><i>C+nto</i> 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.</p><p>Part-memoir and part-conjecture, Taylor explores sexuality and gender in poetry that is lyrical, expansive, imagistic, epic and intimate. <i>C+nto</i> is a love poem, a riot, a late night, and an honouring.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>'Part memoir, part poetic magic trick, Joelle Taylor's <i>C+nto & Othered Poems </i>is absolutely incredible ... A celebration, a reclamation and a tribute to the dyke bars and the butches who left their mark, this book reminds the reader that to exist as we do is a form of protest. This is work that should not be missed.' <b><i>Diva Magazine</i>, Book of the Month</b></p><p>'<i>C+nto</i> is a work of fearsome imaginative and creative reach; it is also a work of patient and dedicated historicity ... that it reaches us as sonorous and soaring poetry is a testament to the alchemy of [Joelle Taylor's] craft.'-- <b>Fran Lock, <i>Culture Mattters</i></b></p><br><p>'A real treat ... in the vivid bar-set poems, Taylor brings a close-knit community to life ... inventive, powerfully moving work.'--<b><i>The Telegraph</i></b></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Joelle Taylor is an award-winning poet, playwright and<br>author. A<br>former UK slam champion, she founded SLAMbassadors, the UK's youth slam<br>championships, in 2001 and was its Artistic Director and National Coach until<br>2018. Taylor is a fellow of the RSA and the host and co-curator of Out-Spoken, <br>the UK's premier poetry and music club, currently resident at the Southbank<br>Centre. Taylor is widely anthologised, and is the author of three poetry<br>collections, three plays and a collection of short stories, <i>The Night<br>Alphabet</i> (forthcoming). Taylor has appeared on several television and radio<br>programmes, including the One Show, Vanessa Feltz Show and Women's Hour, and her<br>documentary about being a masculine lesbian, <i>Butch</i>, was recently featured<br>on BBC Radio 4. </p>
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