{"product_id":"archivum-1","title":"Archivum By Mu Oz, Theresa","description":"Featuring the poem 'Animals' (The Forward Book of Poetry 2026)Longlisted for the 2025 Saltire Society Poetry Book of the YearArchivum is a book – wise, funny and inventive by turn – that explores what it means to look at artefacts in an archive, and how these objects resonate with events in our lives. Imagined as a walk across Edinburgh, landmarks such as the Balmoral clock, National Library of Scotland, Meadows, Canongate Kirkyard and Water of Leith provide a meditative backdrop to the poems.   The archives - in particular the archive of the writer Muriel Spark – are used to create a space to come to terms with the complexities of a life and how we in turn tell stories about ourselves: the depths of our familial relationships, relationship breakdowns and the death of a parent. What’s found in the archive’s boxes -- including recipes, telegrams, letters -- stirs and amplifies feelings of belonging, disorientation, triumph and grief.   With a focus on women writers and interracial relationships, the book explores objects belonging to significant figures in the poet’s imaginary: along with Spark, the actor Maggie Smith, poet Elizabeth Bishop, the 19th century slave owner’s daughter Eliza Junor and psychotherapist Marie Battle Singer.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57844769980798,"sku":"NW9781836243014","price":18.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/archivum-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}