{"id":11052,"date":"2016-02-17T18:38:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T18:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/?p=11052"},"modified":"2016-06-21T11:29:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T11:29:08","slug":"launch-cain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/02\/launch-cain\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch: Cain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/img\/5\/8\/7\/1\/4\/3\/i\/2\/8\/5\/p-large\/Luke_Kennard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Tricksy, acerbic and laugh-out-loud funny, <em>Cain<\/em> is the dazzling new collection from Next Generation Poet Luke Kennard.<\/h2>\n<p>In a series of animated conversations, Cain &#8211; the first murderer &#8211; provides therapy sessions for the author, covering everything from interfaith dialogue and genealogy to zombies. <em>Cain<\/em>&#8216;s central sequence of 31 anagram poems re-energises Genesis 4:9-12, demonstrating the mastery of form and trademark surreal humour that has made Kennard one of British poetry&#8217;s brightest lights.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Endlessly inventive, bruisingly direct, and rich with a desperate, defensive humour. A stunning achievement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sm\">JOE DUNTHORNE<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Join Luke Kennard and Penned in the Margins to raise a drink to this new book in the handsome surroundings of Library in the heart of the West End. Library is a private members&#8217; club with a strict entry policy so RSVP is essential. Please email James Trevelyan on james@pennedinthemargins.co.uk by 23 May.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2483.1818574866957!2d-0.12939118422992768!3d51.509879529635505!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x487604cdd921ec5b%3A0x7fbdf389f31cfc55!2sSt+Martin's+Ln%2C+London+WC2N+4BD!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1461974075561\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tricksy, acerbic and laugh-out-loud funny, Cain is the dazzling new collection from Next Generation Poet Luke Kennard. In a series of animated conversations, Cain &#8211; the first murderer &#8211; provides therapy sessions for the author, covering everything from interfaith dialogue and genealogy to zombies. Cain&#8216;s central sequence of 31 anagram poems re-energises Genesis 4:9-12, demonstrating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11052"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11360,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052\/revisions\/11360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}