{"product_id":"crowd-voltage-paperback","title":"Crowd Voltage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn McCullough\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn McCullough's \u003ci\u003eCrowd Voltage\u003c\/i\u003e addresses yearnings for community. It probes fragmentation within groups and individuals - disturbances within the body of the crowd and the crowd of the body. \u003c\/b\u003eEngaging with working-class and queer experiences, the poems move between solitude and togetherness, haunted by ghosts from history as they dream of unity and discover joy in deserted corners. To be common here is to share not only qualities but stories with many others - to be classed alongside people with similar origins and become connected also to what is commonplace in the world of animals and plants, days and tables. Sky and sea dominate as the speakers search for oneness and completion, confronted by vast silences and the shadow of Brighton's collapsing West Pier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn McCullough has published four previous collections; most recently, the Costa-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eReckless Paper Birds\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), winner of the Hawthornden Prize, and \u003ci\u003ePanic Response\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), which included his long poem 'Flowers of Sulphur', shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. His first collection of poems \u003ci\u003eThe Frost Fairs \u003c\/i\u003e(Salt, 2011) won the Polari First Book Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn McCullough\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Hove, England. His first collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eThe Frost Fairs\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Salt in 2011 and won the Polari First Book Prize. It was a Book of the Year in \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e as well as a summer read in \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e. His fourth collection, \u003ci\u003ePanic Response\u003c\/i\u003e (Penned in the Margins, 2022), was a Book of the Year for \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e and one of \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e' Notable New Poetry Books of 2022. The collection's long poem, 'Flower of Sulphur', was shortlisted for the 2021 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. His fifth, \u003ci\u003eCrowd Voltage\u003c\/i\u003e, is published by Bloodaxe Books in 2026. John is a Senior Lecturer in creative writing at the University of Brighton as well as teaching on poetry for organisations including the Arvon Foundation and the online Creative Writing Programme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46268990128325,"sku":"9781780377810","price":25.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/wyMp6n0H9N9781780377810.webp?v=1779512088","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/crowd-voltage-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}