Book description
'They call me Jax, though my real name's Eva / The whole of the Jackson
Five rolled into one serious diva / No. 1 on the guest list, top of the
charts / When I make my grand entrance, the sea of sequins parts...'
From Hamburg to Jo'burg, Oslo to Soho, Patience Agbabi follows her
critically acclaimed debut collection R. A.W., with Transformatrix, an
exploration of women, travel and metamorphosis. Inspired by 90s poetry,
80s rap and 70s disco, Transformatrix is a celebration of literary form
and constitutes a very potent and telling commentary on the realities of
late twentieth century Britain. It is also a self-portrait of a poet
whose honesty, intelligence and wit manages to pack a punch, draw a
smile and warm your heart all at once. A rising star Patience Agbabi
was born in London in 1965 and educated at Oxford and Sussex
Universities. Renowned for her live performances, her poems have been
broadcast on television and radio all over the world. Her work has also
appeared on the London Underground and human skin. She has lectured in
Creative Writing at several UK universities including Greenwich, Cardiff
and Kent. In 2004 she was nominated one of the UK's Next Generation
Poets. Bloodshot Monochrome is her third poetry collection; Canongate
also publishes Transformatrix. She lives in Kent with her partner and
two children.
