{"product_id":"new-and-selected-poems-paperback-1","title":"New and Selected Poems - 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\u003eIan Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this selection range from recent poetry written in Ian Davidson's new home in Ireland (in 'Coming and Going') to work gathered from his collections with Shearsman and Spectacular Diseases, written when he lived in north Wales. This volume also makes available long out-of-print sequences with West House, Oystercatcher and Wild Honey, work that was published to some critical acclaim and was described at the time of its publication as 'some of the most exciting and innovative poetry currently being written in Wales'. Combining human and non-human concerns, the social and the environmental, the poems chart a growing interest in the ways the landscape and the moving body interact. They focus on events such as an archaeological dig off the west coast of Ynys Môn, on a walk around the Llyn peninsula and exploring the coast at Aberystwyth, but never lose sight of the gritty politics of language in those communities or the ways the frictions of mobility are part of the writing process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a recent (2021) review in \u003cem\u003ePoetry Fortnight\u003c\/em\u003e Peter Riley spoke of the ways \u003cem\u003eIan Davidson has worked with concerns about correspondence and hidden threat for a long time, mainly driven by socio-political concern and cultivating an awkwardness of address, sometimes like a sustained and suppressed anger which distorts the language, defining \"poetical\" as a refusal of detailed explicit connection.\u003c\/em\u003e Sean Colleti, again reviewing in 2021 in \u003cem\u003eSecond City\u003c\/em\u003e, speaks of the ways '\u003cem\u003eGreat poetry gets you outside of yourself as much as it brings you back in ... Davidson's pamphlet does just that\u003c\/em\u003e.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarlier reviews at the time of first publication of the work in this \u003cem\u003eNew and Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e describes the work as '\u003cem\u003esome of the best political poetry this reader has encountered for a long time\u003c\/em\u003e' (Chicago Review), as a '\u003cem\u003espectacular mosaic\u003c\/em\u003e' and an '\u003cem\u003eexhilarating journey\u003c\/em\u003e' (Planet) and as '\u003cem\u003enature poetry completely wired, plugged in and mediated\u003c\/em\u003e' (The Gig). Ian Davidson has been described as '\u003cem\u003ethe most interesting Welsh modernist writer\u003c\/em\u003e' (P N Review), as a '\u003cem\u003epoet of conviction with rare touches of humour\u003c\/em\u003e'. (Planet). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46229366702277,"sku":"9781848618268","price":30.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/5-06byMm5y9781848618268.webp?v=1778929026","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/new-and-selected-poems-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}