{"product_id":"breaking-silence","title":"Breaking Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob Sam-La Rose has been described as ''a one-man literary industry''. This was Patrick Neate''s comment on the BBC Poetry Season website: ''Passionate about poetry and its power to change people''s lives, he''s a lesson to us all. He''s also a damn fine writer.''\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlready well-known on the UK performance circuit, Sam-La Rose has also spent many years working with young people in schools and communities, especially around London. So it will come as a surprise to many that \u003cem\u003eBreaking Silence\u003c\/em\u003e is his first book-length collection of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a collection that sits on the threshold between the personal and the profound, with eyes on race and dual heritage; masculinity and manhood; definitions and senses of self. Above all, it''s a collection that''s invested in the power of the voice, in the work of giving a voice to issues and entities that would otherwise remain silent. It speaks on divides, from the spaces in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob Sam-La Rose''s work is grounded in a belief that poetry can be a powerful force within a community, and that it''s possible to combine the immediacy of poetry in performance with formal rigour and innovation on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317067587966,"sku":"NW9781852249151","price":11.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781852249151.jpg?v=1778720652","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/breaking-silence","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}