{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780377308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128","brand":"Kate Potts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45211606909109,"sku":"9781780377308","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3985a581-2dd3-49b4-a4d4-6bf19f8cf55a.jpg?v=1742913455","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pretenders-9781780377308","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}