Slingshot

Andrew Ogun author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Lucent Dreaming

Published:3rd Oct '24

Should be back in stock very soon

Slingshot cover

Debut poetry from an outspoken new talent.

Début poetry from an outspoken new talent. Slingshot is the début poetry collection from Andrew Ogun, exploring the tension between where you are and where you want to be. Andrew Ogun is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on poetry, music and creative direction.

Slingshot is the debut poetry collection from Andrew Ogun, exploring the tension between where you are and where you want to be.

Andrew explains ‘I feel like society, both consciously and unconsciously, tries to reduce people into predetermined and defined categories. Slingshot has allowed me to break free from those boxes and return to base. Many people know me as a musician, some know me as an activist, others know me for my job, others know me on a more personal and intimate level but poetry is where I started. Slingshot has been a process of healing but also a process of unmasking and showing the world what really happens in my inner life.’

A distinctive new voice... engages with hard-hitting themes from the get-go—including suicidal ideation in the opening poem—and also reflects on generational trauma and slavery.

Ultimately, however, the mood is one of resistance and determination.

-- Caroline Sanderson * The Booksell

ISBN: 9781739660956

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 74g

56 pages