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An enthralling poetry collection that celebrates the philosophical musings of SimoneWeil.Poet Kevin Ducey uncovers the thoughts and unravelings of French writer and political activist Simone Weil in his second poetry book, Gravity's Angel. Ducey evokes an awareness of Weil's experiences and thought processes throughout history with emotion and meditating rhythm. Ultimately, Ducey's work weaves a fresh and fascinating perspective on Weil's aesthetic and spiritual development in the search for life's truth, embodying the ethos of Simone Weil's adherence to gravity as opposed to grace.

A compilation of places and pottery. Relationships and art. Culture and civilisation. In this written and visual collection, award-winning poet Ailsa Holland weaves a narrative of two cities with two structures: one of literature and one of ceramics. Discover the connection between Oxford's Bodleian Library and Stoke-on-Trent's bottle ovens. Visit reading rooms where a love story blossoms. Hear of women who wish to fill themselves with books. Smell the smoke that created the pots, plates and figures within these poems made of clay. For poetry and pottery lovers alike, Holland shares the environments that shaped her and the art she holds dear.

"Arresting, so shadowy, that it knows its future might well include making people forget it's so young."-S.J. FowlerEnglish poet, writer and performerAs the world threatens to burst into flames, Max drifts back and forth between then,now and what awaits - colliding with his dreams and those of others. Will heilluminate his path in time for salvation? Take a look into the oneiroscope...Inspired by the French film Max, Mon Amour, Oneiroscope is a poetry book like no other. It is the colliding point of surrealism, dreams and the avant-garde.

We are proud to showcase the outstanding level of talent and creativity Kingston University Students have to offer. Featuring poetry, short stories and artwork, RiPPLE's 19th anthology explores all aspects of life, demonstrating the deep emotional connections we build. From ghost stories to tales of heartbreak, don't miss these incredibly unique pieces you'll find yourself reading again and again.

A story of love, loss and bravery.Mary Prince's account of the hardships of slavery gives a true insight as to the torture that millions were subjected to simply because of the colour of their skin. This new edition includes a full timeline of Prince's life, alongside The Narrative of Louis Asa-Asa, A Captured African, and his own experience of slavery. The History of Mary Prince was first published in 1831with the support of Thomas Pringle and the Anti-Slavery Society. It was circulated to abolitionists all over the British Isles and found support in Women's Rights groups. It has been reissued as a part of KU Press's The Black Abolitionists collection.

The text tries to imitate both ancient Egyptian and ancient Greek poetry. Hierophile (in the text) is an ancient oracle thus her narration has elements of ancient poetry. Moreover, the text tries to keep a continuous flow (e.g. From Homeric and Pindaric to Shelley and Hölderlin). A torch is moving from poet to poet. In this way it is ambitious but what it tries to imply is simple: out heritage is gained with much effort; the work of many, the work of different eras. The destruction of the world is also a negation of the symbolic; a negation of the humanistic heritage and a negation of life as a gift/a miracle to be respected. The world starts to isolate itself (wrapping up, coiling inside) due to the inability of accessing/interpreting our nature. But nothing has been lost, there is still time to uplift ourselves and gain a new era and a new interpretation by revitalizing and filtering our ancient wisdom through/via our contemporary knowledge. 'Rational and irrational' (in the text are sides of the same coin not as antithesis but as a union in fusion, there is no clear-cut criteria on what we can define as rational or irrational) are falling on each other asking for a harmonious re-framing. It is a fantasy novel with all the cliche (heroes fighting for saving the world, journeys in the unknown, destruction etc.) Moreover, each spiral is also a new gaming platform (a new vista) the protagonists are passing through vistas until their memory recovers; when they gain their memory, things move to the disclosure.

Found & Lost is Laura Davis' debut collection of found and visual poetry. She has remixed and reworked a variety of classic texts, including Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native, using her background as a political scientist to touch upon themes such as Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. In this transformative collection, Davis adapts these traditional pieces into a beautiful and fascinating series of written and visual poetry, offering a unique insight into both her own experiences and the world around us.

'12 Days in Tolworth: Reappraising a London Suburb' aims to connect students and locals with a frequently overlooked neighbourhood, Tolworth. In collaboration with The Community Brain, seven groups of Kingston University BA Illustration students worked on 're-branding' Tolworth. Each project seeks to 'create a visual language for Tolworth', suggesting possibilities to change and improve the way people interact with the area.