Hold Your Own by Kae Tempest #joyce But Raskolnikov is torn apart

But Raskolnikov is torn apart by fear

They say he steals from the rich and gives to the poor

Venice and New England

And throughout the wide human empire

Hold Your Own by Kae Tempest #joyce But Raskolnikov is torn apartDATE OF RELEASE: 10 SEPT 2026 Hold Your Own, Kae Tempest's first full length poetry collection for Picador is an ambitious, multi voiced work based around the mythical figure of Tiresias. This four part work follows him through his transformations from child, man and woman to blind prophet; through this structure, Tempest holds up a mirror to contemporary life in a direct and provocative way rarely associated with poetry. Part of the Picador