Octagon

by Kristiana Rae Colon

Book Overview

Some poems are better written in flesh . . .

After Wall Street and Tahrir Square, after ISIS and the NSA, after Ferguson and Eric Garner: here come the poets.

In a downtown poetry slam with a place on the team to be won, eight young poets prepare to do battle. But backstage it's all kicking off with love triangles, families to feed and wounds to rip open. And in the end, is it about winning - or finding the words that need...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474275427
• ISBN13: 9781474275422
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"