{"product_id":"bluff","title":"Bluff","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing new collection from the Forward Prize-winning American poet about the year 2020, the year that the world’s gaze turned to Minneapolis – Smith''s own home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003eMAGAZINE ''100 Must-Read Books of 2024''**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eBluff\u003c\/i\u003e is my book of the year. Absolutely breathtaking'' Joelle Taylor, author of \u003ci\u003eC+NTO: + Othered Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''You will want to underline almost every line ... One of the best books of poetry I''ve read: buy it for anyone you love'' Hollie McNish, author of \u003ci\u003ePlum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Gripping ... It’s as though the world is a scattered puzzle that Danez analyses and bears witness to'' Yomi Sode, author of \u003ci\u003eManorism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten during the time the world came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Minneapolis became the epicentre of protest following the murder of George Floyd, \u003ci\u003eBluff\u003c\/i\u003e is Danez Smith’s powerful reckoning with their responsibility as a poet and with their hometown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmith brings a startling urgency to these poems, their questions demanding a new language, new textual shapes and a deep self-scrutiny. \u003ci\u003eArs poetica\u003c\/i\u003e gives way to ''ars america''. A photographic collage makes clear the consequence of accepting mass shootings. A brilliant long poem maps the history of Minneapolis-Saint Paul’s vibrant Rondo neighbourhood, before and after officials decided to run an interstate directly through it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBluff\u003c\/i\u003e is a manifesto about artistic resilience when the places we most love – those given and made – are burning. In this collection, Smith turns to honesty, hope, rage and imagination to envision futures that seem possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR DANEZ SMITH:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A poet of exceptional linguistic exuberance, style and grace’ Kayo Chingonyi, author of \u003ci\u003eKumukanda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A writer who never loses their way’ \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003eSmith’s ability to look death squarely in the eye and seize from it language that is fertile with myth, beauty and intellect is astonishing\u003ci\u003e'' \u003c\/i\u003eSandeep Parmar, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57400182047102,"sku":"NW9781784745738","price":12.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784745738.jpg?v=1778631565","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/bluff","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}