The Kids

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By Hannah Lowe

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The Kids by Hannah Lowe is a captivating poetry collection that delves into the dynamics of teaching and learning in a multicultural classroom. Through vivid, heartfelt poems, it explores the lives and challenges of students and their teacher, highlighting the transformative impact of education and culture in shaping young minds.
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You might enjoy this collection if you appreciate poetry that captures the complexities of teaching, the nuances of cultural identity, and the vibrancy of youth. The author's evocative and insightful reflections on her experiences as a teacher weave personal and universal themes that resonate deeply with those interested in the arts and culture.

Hannah Lowe taught for a decade in an inner-city London sixth form. At the heart of this book of compassionate and energetic sonnets are ‘The Kids’, her students, the teenagers she nurtured. But the poems go further, meeting her own child self as she comes of age in 80s and 90s. Costa Book of the Year, shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize.

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Winner of the 2021 Costa Book of the Year and the 2021 Costa Poetry Award. Selected as Poetry Book Society Choice for Autumn 2021 and shortlisted for the 2021 T S Eliot Prize.

The Kids is at its heart a book of compassionate and energetic sonnets, centred on fictionalised portraits of the students Hannah Lowe taught during her decade-long career at an inner-city London sixth form. Known affectionately as 'The Kids', these students are brought to life through vivid and empathetic poetry.

The poems extend beyond the classroom, reflecting on Lowe's own childhood experiences as she came of age in the riotous 80s and 90s. They also capture her observations as a mother watching her small son navigate contemporary London life.

Throughout these deeply felt works, Lowe skilfully interrogates the dynamics of teaching and learning, infusing her verses with empathy and humour. She critically examines social class, gender, and race, and how these intersect with education. By exploring these themes, her boisterous and musical poems convey the universal experience of being taught, learning, and teaching.

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The Kids by Hannah Lowe is celebrated for its warmth, universal appeal, and skilful yet accessible crafting. The book has been described as joyous and generous in its compassion, bringing humour and tenderness to a contemporary audience. Inspired by her teaching experiences in an inner London sixth form, Lowe's sonnets are praised for their vitality, capturing the spirit of learning and the relationship between teachers and students. Readers appreciate the collection's blend of personal and social themes, as well as its fresh and engaging approach to the sonnet form.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781780375793

Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 September 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 80

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Arts & Culture Hannah Lowe Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Hannah Lowe was born in Ilford to an English mother and Jamaican-Chinese father. She has lived in London, Brighton and Santa Cruz, California. She studied American Literature at the University of Sussex and has a Masters degree in Refugee Studies, and a PhD in Creative Writing from Newcastle University. She has worked as a teacher of literature, and is now a lecturer in Creative Writing at Brunel University. She has been poet in residence at Keats House, and in 2020 she received a Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors.

Her pamphletThe Hitcher(The Rialto, 2011) was widely praised. Her first book-length collectionChick(Bloodaxe Books, 2013) won the 2015 Michael Murphy Memorial Prize, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and the Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for Poetry, and was selected for the Poetry Book Society's Next Generation Poets 2014 promotion.This was followed by two pamphlets,R x(sine wave peak, 2013) andOrmonde(Hercules Editions, 2014), and her family memoirLong Time No See(Periscope, 2015). She also read fromLong Time, No Seeon BBC Radio 4'sBook of the Weekin 2015. Her second full-length collection,Chan, was published by Bloodaxe in 2016, followed by a pamphlet,The Neighbourhood(Out-Spoken Press) in 2019. Her third full collection,The Kids(Bloodaxe Books, 2021), was the Poetry Book Society Choice for Autumn 2021. It won the 2021 Costa Poetry Award and went on to be named Costa Book of the Year, and was also shortlisted for the 2021 T.S. Eliot Prize.