{"product_id":"pretenders-paperback-2","title":"Pretenders - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Potts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePretenders\u003c\/em\u003e, her third book of poetry, Kate Potts asks: what is it like, as a daily, lived experience, to feel like a fraud or a fake?\u003c\/strong\u003e And what can 'the imposter phenomenon' - a sense that our true abilities and achievements, and other core aspects of our identities, are unreal, undeserved or mistakenly bestowed - tell us about who we are and how we relate to one another? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough lively and vivid poetic monologues drawn from original interview material, and through original poetry, Pretenders begins to consider individual feelings and experiences of fraudulence, pretence and persona in a wider social and historical context. The varied, hesitant, questing voices build to create a bold and innovative chorus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePretenders\u003c\/em\u003e shines a light on our value systems and hierarchies, unsettling notions of 'realness', self-assurance, and the self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKate Potts\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet, academic and editor. She is a visiting lecturer at Middlesex University, and a tutor at The Poetry School. She completed a practice-based PhD on the poetic radio play in 2017. Her pamphlet \u003cem\u003eWhichever Music\u003c\/em\u003e (tall-lighthouse) was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice in 2008 and was shortlisted for a Michael Marks Award. Her first full-length collection, \u003cem\u003ePure Hustle\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Bloodaxe in 2011. Her second collection, \u003cem\u003eFeral\u003c\/em\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 2018), was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Her third, \u003cem\u003ePretenders\u003c\/em\u003e, is published by Bloodaxe in 2025. Kate is co-director of Somewhere in Particular, a site-specific poetry organisation which aims to connect poetry performance to specific places and communities and to reach beyond conventional audiences. She lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354263503097,"sku":"9781780377308","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/f_GVValkyi9781780377308_ead5c724-9f20-46da-88ee-f77cea19b28f.webp?v=1769833388","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/pretenders-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}