{"product_id":"votive-mess","title":"Votive Mess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eVotive Mess\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of small rebellions against systems of exhaustion and alienation, tracing Welsh poet Nia Davies'' efforts to \u003cspan\u003ea lost mother tongue, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ey iaith Gymraeg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eembracing lingual brambles and shabby theatre to assemble fragments gleaned from the rubble of Babel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn these poems, there are love letters drowsy and excessive as well as uncanny happenings on stage and in the woods. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVotive Mess\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is composed out of a tangle of sex, leaf, stumbles on stage, damage, blackberries and dyslexia. There is a discharge of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAwen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, otherwise known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003epoesis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The navel of the dream is inside out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNia Davies''\u003cspan\u003e second collection follows her startling debut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll fours\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, emerging from an immersion in performance and ritual. The poems trace a path through the peaks and troughs of performance, bouncing between enchantment and disenchantment. These works are studies in the altered states of travel, masks, comedy, learning and love. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNia Davies'' first full-length collection, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll fours\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 2017), was shortlisted for the Roland Mathias Poetry Award 2018 (Wales Book of the Year Awards) and longlisted for the 2019 Michael Murphy Memorial Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57198651474302,"sku":"NW9781780377155","price":11.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781780377155.jpg?v=1778542637","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/votive-mess","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}