{"product_id":"discoveries","title":"Discoveries","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003eDiscoveries\u003c\/em\u003e, written over the last four years, respond to the uncertainties of our time with an unpredictability of their own. Tim Dooley makes use of varied, sometimes arbitrary, structures to explore possibilities of expression. Some poems extemporise along lines of linguistic fantasy or celebrate innovators of modernism, while others observe contemporary experience with acuity. A sobering central section, structured in 100-word prose paragraphs, revisits a source of shame at the heart of our history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDooley deals with whatever comes – news, memories, encounters, dreams: nothing is out of bounds. — PHILIP GROSS \u003cem\u003ePoetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the handful of writers today trying to work towards a serious, intelligent poetry of the people —PETER SANSOM Orbis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDooley shows how, in a quiet, contained register it’s possible to be trenchantly political. — KATY EVANS BUSH \u003cem\u003eBaroque in Hackney\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA unifying factor is Dooley’s consistently humane vision and concern for the disaffected and inarticulate. —DAVID WHEATLEY \u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poetry of thoughtful, unshowy resonance, that can also be very funny. — ALAN JENKINS and EVA SALZMAN \u003cem\u003ePBS Bulletin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Dooley is a rare example of a poet who has improved with age. – RORY WATERMAN \u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313998274942,"sku":"NW9781909747982","price":10.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781909747982.jpg?v=1778593025","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/discoveries","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}