Breaking Silence

Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. Jacob Sam-La Rose has been described as ''a one-man literary industry''. This was Patrick Neate''s comment on the BBC Poetry Season website: ''Passionate about poetry and its power to change people''s lives, he''s a lesson to us all. He''s also a damn fine writer.'' Already well-known on the UK pe...