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  Kes (Stage Version) (NHB Modern...

  Barry Hines

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  A tried-and-tested adaptation of the hugely popular novel and film, retaining its gritty charm and popular staying power.
  Billy, a disaffected young boy, has problems at school and at home: he's neglected by his mother, beaten by his brother and bullied on all sides. He adopts a fledgling kestrel and treats it with all the tenderness he has never known. Slowly, he begins to see for the first time what he could achieve - if only he tried.
  'Laurence Till's skilful adaptation... offers a series of sure-fire scenes... Hines' story retains an undeniable emotional pull' - Independent
  'Sensitively scripted and stunningly staged, Kes is essentially about a community which fails its young' - The Times

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  Android Poems

  Elliott Parker

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  "Everyone’s trying to outsmart the androids these days. I saw on the news that some kid discovered how to unlock another one percent of the brain. Now he claims to understand the secrets of the universe, and he’s got the equations to prove it."  
  What if a poetry collection took place in the year 2300 with human and android narrators? What does it mean to love, lose, and grieve in 3D? 
  Android Poems is a deliciously kinetic poetry collection that imagines a futuristic world where technology and reality blend. With equal parts light and darkness, these thought-provoking poems will re-engineer everything you thought about being human.  
  V1.0

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  Crossfire - A Litany for Survival

  Staceyann Chin

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  A collection of poetry by the world-renowned LGBTQ poet and spoken-word artist dealing with themes of identity and love. 
   
  Crossfire brings together Staceyann Chin’s empowering, feminist-LGBTQ-Caribbean, activist-driven poetry for the first time in a single book. 
   
  According to The New York Times, Chin is “sassy, rageful and sometimes softly self-mocking.” The Advocate says that her poems, “combine hilarious one-liners with a refusal to conform” and note “Chin is out to confront more than just the straight world.” 
   
  Winner of the American Book Award 
   
  Features a foreword by Jaqueline Woodson 
   
  Praise for Crossfire 
   
  “A remarkable collection from a dynamic and talented writer, whose urgent storytelling and commanding voice feel vital for our times.” —Edwidge Danticat 
   
  “With this astounding new collection of poems, Crossfire, it is evident that Staceyann Chin has come into her raw, sexual, revolutionary, poetic power. These poems are jet fuel from the hot center of the body—from rage, from sorrow, from pure, unmitigated life-force.” —Eve Ensler 
   
  “We’ve all been waiting for this collection—all of us that know the brilliance, the heartbreaking truth telling, and the magic of Staceyann’s cadences. Now all of us who have been lucky enough to have seen her on stage, heard her from the ramparts, can be joined at last by readers in the quiet spaces to properly celebrate this remarkable voice and watch her take her place in American letters.” —Walter Mosley

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  The Witness (NHB Modern Plays)

  Vivienne Franzmann

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  A dark and penetrating thriller of modern morals, by the Bruntwood Prize-winning author of Mogadishu.
  Captured in an award-winning shot, Alex was rescued from Rwanda and adopted by the man behind the lens. Years later, she's back from university, returning to the Hampstead home in which she was raised. As a long-hidden secret is exposed, the distance between father and daughter stretches taut.
  The Witness premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in June 2012.
  'powerful, original and deeply moving' Telegraph
  'a marvellous piece of writing, delivered with quiet intensity and not an atom overdone' Financial Times
  'if there is a finer new play than The Witness this year, I'll be astonished' Evening Standard

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  The Lust - An Erotic Poem

  B.T. Singer

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  B.T. Singer's ode to his pet and their sexy, romantic -- and kinky -- connection will leave you weak in the knees in more ways than one. Enjoy this erotic audio journey set to sultry music, "Void, Smoke, Dust, Night" by Bisou de l'enfant sauvage (copyright 2018 Creative Commons License, available on Free Music Archive).

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  Right of the Soil

  Yong Shu Hoong

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  The Latin phrase, jus soli (“right of the soil”), is an unconditional right of a person born within the territory of a country to be conferred citizenship. Singapore’s nationality law is based on jus sanguinis (“right of blood”, in which citizenship is determined by that of one or both parents) and a modified form of jus soli (with at least one Singaporean parent). 
   
  A two-time Singapore Literature Prize winner, Yong Shu Hoong contemplates how a person is invariably bound to the land on which he first sets foot. These poems address topics like belongingness and birthright by exploring the intermingling of the four fundamental elements of air, water, fire and earth. 
   
  Expanded from a 2016 chapbook published a year after the 50th anniversary of Singapore’s independence, this book also attempts to sharpen Yong’s understanding of his relationship with his homeland. A new sequence of poems then plunges readers into Hell, reimagined as Singapore’s third integrated resort that opens underground in the centennial year of 2065, with its concepts inspired by Haw Par Villa’s main attraction, the 10 Courts of Hell. 
   
  Beyond our earthly lives, is it soil – or another element or dimension – that will assert its right to claim us? 
   
  Shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize for Poetry 2020

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