Time Come: Selected Prose by Linton Kwesi Johnson Paul Sutherland the former United States Poet

the former United States Poet Laureate tempers his characteristically jocular voice with what he calls the "thrill of mortality" - flashes of profundity amongst the mundane

His once celebrated red mouth opened briefly 'like an exotic flower' to complain of injustice and bourgeois vulgarity

through this lens

Her poetry and prose move easily between the poised world of Western culture

Time Come: Selected Prose by Linton Kwesi Johnson Paul Sutherland the former United States Poet'Key to understanding black British history' Sunday Times 'Sharp and still relevant' Zadie Smith 'A mosaic of wise, urgent and moving pieces' Kit de Waal'As necessary as ever' The Observer Recognized as one of the great poets of modern times, and as a deeply respected and influential political and cultural activist and social critic, Linton Kwesi Johnson is also a prolific writer of non fiction. In Time Come, he selects some of his most powerful prose