{"product_id":"archivum-9781836243014","title":"Archivum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchivum\u003c\/em\u003e is a book - wise, funny and inventive by turn - that explores what it means to look at artefacts in an archive, and how these objects resonate with events in our lives. Imagined as a walk across Edinburgh, landmarks such as the Balmoral clock, National Library of Scotland, Meadows, Canongate Kirkyard and Water of Leith provide a meditative backdrop to the poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe archives - in particular the archive of the writer Muriel Spark - are used to create a space to come to terms with the complexities of a life and how we in turn tell stories about ourselves: the depths of our familial relationships, relationship breakdowns and the death of a parent. What's found in the archive's boxes -- including recipes, telegrams, letters -- stirs and amplifies feelings of belonging, disorientation, triumph and grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on women writers and interracial relationships, the book explores objects belonging to significant figures in the poet's imaginary: along with Spark, the actor Maggie Smith, poet Elizabeth Bishop, the 19th century slave owner's daughter Eliza Junor and psychotherapist Marie Battle Singer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMuñoz, Theresa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Theresa Muñoz was born in Vancouver, Canada and lives in Edinburgh. She has received a Muriel Spark Centenary Award, Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship, Creative Scotland grant and shortlisted for The Kavya Prize and a Sky Arts Royal Society of Literature Writers Award. She has produced several literary initiatives in the UK, including the Newcastle Poetry Festival and the James Berry Poetry Prize.","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51384228086034,"sku":"9781836243014","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_16939ae9-89bb-42c7-9726-9d7bed462f95.jpg?v=1750166658","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/archivum-9781836243014","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}