{"product_id":"pretenders-9781780377308","title":"Pretenders","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloodaxe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51298549072146,"sku":"9781780377308","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3d091e04-c65c-44c7-99ae-2f3dcf7dd0ee.jpg?v=1747826902","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pretenders-9781780377308","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}