{"product_id":"black-country","title":"Black Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE BEST FIRST COLLECTION 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*PBS Recommendation 2014*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘When I became a bird, Lord, nothing could not stop me…’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBlack Country\u003c\/i\u003e, Liz Berry takes flight: to Wrens Nest, Gosty Hill, Tipton-on-Cut; to the places of home. The poems move from the magic of childhood – bostin fittle at Nanny’s, summers before school – into deeper, darker territory: sensual love, enchanted weddings, and the promise of new life.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Berry’s hands, the ordinary is transformed: her characters shift shapes, her eye is unusual, her ear attuned to the sounds of the Black Country, with ‘vowels ferrous as nails, consonants \/ you could lick the coal from.’ Ablaze with energy and full of the rich dialect of the West Midlands, this is an incandescent debut from a poet of dazzling talent and verve.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57308601254270,"sku":"NW9780701188573","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780701188573.jpg?v=1778651459","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/black-country","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}