Hold Your Own

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.

Part of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.

'Dazzling' - Metro
'Mesmerising' - The Observer
'A game-changer' - The Independent