{"product_id":"breakfast-with-the-scavengers-9781917140560","title":"Breakfast with the Scavengers","description":"A Welsh poet based in Mexico, his poems about Mexico capture the magic and vibrancy of a country André Breton once described as 'the most surrealist in the world.' Other poems pay homage to Welsh cult heroes John Cale and Adrian Street, and Ben's plucky ancestor, Rebecca Howells, who emigrated to Patagonia after her husband was killed in a mining explosion at Blaengwawr Colliery. At once funny, tender, and beautifully bizarre, \u003ci\u003eBreakfast with the Scavengers\u003c\/i\u003e explores love, loss, loneliness, our never-ending quest for connection, and those blink-and-you-miss-them moments of transcendence that can light up our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBen Rhys Palmer is a poet, translator, editor, and musician born in Cardiff, Wales and now based in Guadalajara, Mexico. His poetry has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe London Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePoetry Wales\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNew Welsh Review\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eForklift\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOhio\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWales Arts Review\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Caterpillar\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eUnder the Radar\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNeon\u003c\/i\u003e. Winner of the Verve Poetry Competition 2022, Ben was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize 2023 and highly commended in the Winchester Poetry Prize, the Kent \u0026amp; Sussex Poetry Competition, The Interpreter's House Poetry Competition and the Welshpool Competition. \u003ci\u003eBreakfast with the Scavengers\u003c\/i\u003e is his debut collection.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Parthian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52141463896338,"sku":"9781917140560","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_128c19d3-9cae-4ca1-ad31-27a6f09ac8e1.jpg?v=1774450678","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/breakfast-with-the-scavengers-9781917140560","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}