Kae Tempest presents “Tota la vida buscant” (“All My Life Searchhing”)

Conversation with Virginie Despentes

All My Life Searching is a novel that nourishes the soul, a moving and piercing story about the transformative power of love, about family and redemption, desire and heartbreak, personal identity and community. About everything we search for when we hide, and what we find when we choose to let ourselves be seen.

Kae Tempest (London, 1985) is a poet, playwright, and performer; a key figure in spoken word and rap. They have published plays, poetry collections, the essay On Connection (2021), and the novel The Bricks That Built the Houses (2016). Their work has been recognized with the Ted Hughes Award (2013), the Venice Silver Lion (2021) for their work in theatre, and the Ivor Novello Award (2023) for songwriting.