{"product_id":"mahogany-eve","title":"Mahogany Eve","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn exotic and ambitious collection in which deceptively simple structures are built to carry an impressive weight of interest and reference.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e – Andrew Motion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe guardian spirit of this book is a mahogany sculpture called \u003cem\u003eEve\u003c\/em\u003e, part of the permanent collection in the Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield. She’s looking over her shoulder. Her gaze takes in journeys across the Atlantic, beaches in the Caribbean, a boarding school in Yorkshire, departures and arrivals, home- comings, a grandmother buried in Port of Spain, two brothers on the Orinoco, Hindu gods and goddesses, runaways, castaways, slaves, a cartographer who never leaves his room, mothers and sons, fathers and sons, and a goat pulling a bishop on a sledge…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Payne’s poems are rooted in the Caribbean, evoking a sense of separation and loss, and touch on the contradictions and betrayals of colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the 2025 Derek Walcott Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57275218559358,"sku":"NW9781914914829","price":10.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781914914829.jpg?v=1778536599","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/mahogany-eve","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}