Description
Goodnight Son is the debut poetry collection by award-winning writer Tommy Sissons. In this volume, Sissons addresses issues of masculinity, crime, religion, modernity, working-class pride, patriotism, politics and the transition from childhood to adulthood amongst a host of other topics.
About the Author
Tommy Sissons is a twenty-year-old poet and playwright. Heis the 2014 SLAMbassadors national slam champion, a finalist in the 2014 Roundhouse Poetry Slam and a two-time regionalHammer and Tongue slam champion. He has performed in venues across the UK such as the Royal Albert Hall, theRoundhouse Theatre and the Birmingham Reparatory Theatre,in addition to festivals such as Latitude, Bestival, Camp Bestivaland Boomtown. He is also the narrator of Channel 4's award winning TV series Four to the Floor. Other clients of his include BBC Radio 1, Red Bull, the Imperial War Museum, the National Trust and the Guardian. His poetry has been studied by creative writing and literature students at the University of Trier in Germany and, in addition to this, he has taught spoken word at the V&A Museum and a variety of schools across the country.
Book Information
ISBN 9781909136847
Author Tommy Sissons
Format Paperback
Page Count 120
Imprint BX3
Publisher Burning Eye Books
About the Author
Tommy Sissons is a twenty-year-old poet and playwright. Heis the 2014 SLAMbassadors national slam champion, a finalist in the 2014 Roundhouse Poetry Slam and a two-time regionalHammer and Tongue slam champion. He has performed in venues across the UK such as the Royal Albert Hall, theRoundhouse Theatre and the Birmingham Reparatory Theatre,in addition to festivals such as Latitude, Bestival, Camp Bestivaland Boomtown. He is also the narrator of Channel 4's award winning TV series Four to the Floor. Other clients of his include BBC Radio 1, Red Bull, the Imperial War Museum, the National Trust and the Guardian. His poetry has been studied by creative writing and literature students at the University of Trier in Germany and, in addition to this, he has taught spoken word at the V&A Museum and a variety of schools across the country.
Book Information
ISBN 9781909136847
Author Tommy Sissons
Format Paperback
Page Count 120
Imprint BX3
Publisher Burning Eye Books
