Transformatrix Av Patience Agbabi

<p>''They call me Jax, though my real name''s Eva<br><br>The whole of the Jackson Five rolled into one serious diva<br><br>No.1 on the guest list, top of the charts<br><br>When I make my grand entrance, the sea of sequins parts...''<br><br><br><br><br>From Hamburg to Jo''burg, Oslo to Soho, Patience Agbabi follows her critically acclaimed debut collection R.A.W., with Transformatrix, an exploration of women, travel and metamorphosis. <br><br>Inspired by 90s poetry, 80s rap and 70s disco, Transformatrix is a celebration of literary form and constitutes a very potent and telling commentary on the realities of late twentieth century Britain. It is also a self-portrait of a poet whose honesty, intelligence and wit manages to pack a punch, draw a smile and warm your heart all at once.</p>