{"product_id":"laureates-choice-2019-bound-collection-1","title":"Laureates Choice 2019 Bound Collection 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaureate’s Choice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis an annual pamphlet publication project from \u003cb\u003eThe Poetry Business\u003c\/b\u003e working in collaboration with the Poet Laureate\u003cb\u003e Carol Ann Duffy\u003c\/b\u003e. This boxed set contains all four pamphlets selected by Carol Ann Duffy for 2019: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg Gilbert, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove Makes a Mess of Dying\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e- Examining the collision between tragedy and hope, these poems follow the struggle to make sense of the prognosis and treatment of a life-threatening disease whilst surrounded by the love and support of friends and family. With cover illustrations by the author. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Smith, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSchist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e - Schist is the lovechild of emotion and geology, the product of a childhood with a schizophrenic mother and an anorexic father on a council estate in Croydon. These poems travel to where the land gives way to the sea and family stability is eroded by illness and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouise G. Cole, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoft Touch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e - Sharp and observant, Louise G. Cole’s poems use wry humour to balance the pathos arising from picking holes in life’s day-to-day dramas. She often finds poetry in the mundane, twisting fantasy and truth with a memorable resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYvonne Reddick, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpikenard \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eSpikenard\u003c\/i\u003e smoulders with lust and loss. These are poems of separation, assault and revenge, with violence lurking in their margins.\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57310527127934,"sku":"NW9781912196234","price":15.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781912196234.jpg?v=1778712459","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/laureates-choice-2019-bound-collection-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}