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Burning Books

Burning Books

Jess Green

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Editorial:
Burning Eye Books
Año de edición:
2015
Materia
Poesía
ISBN:
9781909136625
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The first collection by poet Jess Green is taken from her spoken word show set in an inner city secondary school suffering the cuts and blows of the Coalition government. Burning Books champions the underdogs; the unnoticed and unheard stories bearing the gritty reality of the UK’s education system.

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