{"product_id":"a-year-in-the-new-life-9780571367252","title":"A Year in the New Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis new book of poems finds fresh ways of navigating a time of continual surprise and uncertainty.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jack Underwood's debut collection, \u003ci\u003eHappiness\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), was celebrated for its unconventional and daring tone: 'conversational, arresting . . . weird, singular' (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e). Such qualities are on accomplished display in this anticipated new collection, as the poems mature and move on to a wide range of preoccupations, including imminent societal collapse and current riots; the limits of masculinity and complexities of fatherhood; as well as uncanny, often amusing scenarios, such as serving drinks to a gathering of fifteen babies or group kissing in Empathy Class. Throughout, incongruous and domestic subjects re-align in skewed lyrics and thought experiments, all presented with a generosity and tenderness that makes the poet so unmistakable - and indispensable for the strange times in which we live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderwood, Jack:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJack Underwood\u003c\/b\u003e's debut collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eHappiness\u003c\/i\u003e (Faber, 2015), won the Somerset Maugham Award. He is a senior lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His non-fiction book \u003ci\u003eNot Even This\u003c\/i\u003e, about parenthood, uncertainty, and poetic language and knowledge, will be published by Corsair in 2021.","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50511675851026,"sku":"9780571367252","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a847f39-3421-4329-92c0-4fcbc4946360.jpg?v=1730947536","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-year-in-the-new-life-9780571367252","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}