Agbabi, Patience

I Have Found a Song

£25

Dimensions: 325 x 260mm
ISBN: 9781904634867
Artist: Patience Agbabi, Polly Atkin, Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Fred D’Aguiar, Helen Dunmore, Bernardine Evaristo
Pages: 66
Format: Hardback

I Have Found a Song is a fascinating collection of poems and images published to mark the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. It originated in a commission from Arts Council England for 12 poets to write on the theme of enslavement, which has resulted in a richly diverse selection of new poems. Interspersed with these are elaborate and exciting visual contributions by five artists invited by Enitharmon Editions to produce work on the same theme. The de luxe edition of the book is accompanied by a portfolio of signed original prints, and each artist has also contributed additional sequences of images reflecting on enslavement in its many forms.

 

I Have Found a Song