Una riedizione di TALKING TURKEYS del poeta di strada Benjamin Zephaniah. Talking Turkeys � una raccolta non convenzionale di poesie schiette su eroi, rivoluzioni, razzismo, amore e diritti degli animali, tra gli altri argomenti, che attirer� molti nuovi lettori alla poesia. � la sua prima raccolta di poesie per bambini innovativa: giocosa, intelligente e provocatoria, questa � la poesia performativa sulla pagina al suo meglio. Benjamin Zephaniah � nato a Birmingham e ha trascorso alcuni dei suoi primi anni in Giamaica. � arrivato a Londra quando aveva 22 anni e il suo primo libro di poesie per adulti � stato pubblicato poco dopo. Appare regolarmente in radio e TV, tra cui un'apparizione ai Desert Island Discs, festival letterari e ha anche preso parte a spettacoli teatrali e film. � pi� noto per la sua poesia performativa con un tocco politico sia per bambini che per adulti e per la narrativa cruda per adolescenti. Le sue raccolte Talking Turkeys, Wicked World e Funky Chickens hanno aperto nuove strade nella poesia per bambini. � l'unico poeta rastafariano ad essere stato selezionato per le cattedre di poesia sia per l'Universit� di Oxford che per quella di Cambridge ed � stato inserito nella lista dei 50 pi� grandi scrittori del dopoguerra del Times. Benjamin ora vive nel Lincolnshire.

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Benjamin Zephaniah was born in Birmingham and then spent some of his early years in Jamaica. He came to London when he was 22 and his first book of poetry for adults was published soon after. He appears regularly on radio and TV including a Desert Island Discs appearance, literary festivals, and has also taken part in plays and films. He is most well-known for his performance poetry with a political edge for both children and adults and gritty teenage fiction. His collections Talking Turkeys, Wicked World and Funky Chickens broke new ground in children's poetry. He is the only Rastafarian poet to be short-listed for the Chairs of Poetry for both Oxford and Cambridge University and has been listed in The Times' list of 50 greatest postwar writers. Benjamin now lives in East London.

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