Roger Robinson recently came to the attention of UK audiences in the Bloodaxe anthology Ten, hailed by Carol Ann Duffy as "a joyful and important moment in publishing". The Butterfly Hotel is his first full collection of poetry, a telling document of the immigrant experience, from the 1980s to the present day, and the realities of uprooted cultureButterflies hold a symbolic importance throughout, fragile yet ideal, adapting to survive. Roger Robinson is a writer and performer who lives in London. His one-man shows are The Shadow Boxer, Letter from My Father''s Brother and Prohibition, all of which premiered at the British Festival of Visual Theatre at Battersea Arts Centre. He has received writing commissions from Stratford Theatre Royal East, the National Trust, the National Portrait Gallery and the Tate. His poetry has appeared in the Flipped Eye pamphlets Suitcase (2005; ISBN 9780954224776) and Suckle (2009; ISBN 9781905233212), the latter winning the Peoples Book Prize, and in the Bloodaxe anthology Ten, edited by Bernardine Evaristo and Daljit Nagra (2010; ISBN 9781852248796). Format Häftad Omfång 72 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Peepal Tree Press Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2013-09-02 ISBN 9781845232191