{"product_id":"c-nto-othered-poems","title":"C+nto: \u0026 Othered Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE POLARI BOOK PRIZE 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe female body is a political space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eC+nto\u003c\/i\u003e enters the private lives of women from the butch counterculture, telling the inside story of the protests they led in the '90s to reclaim their bodies as their own - their difficult balance between survival and self-expression. History, magic, rebellion, party and sermon vibrate through Joelle Taylor's cantos to uncover these underground communities forged by women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart-memoir and part-conjecture, Taylor explores sexuality and gender in poetry that is lyrical, expansive, imagistic, epic and intimate. \u003ci\u003eC+nto\u003c\/i\u003e is a love poem, a riot, a late night, and an honouring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoelle Taylor is an award-winning poet, playwright\u003cbr\u003eand author. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Saboteur Spoken\u003cbr\u003eWord Artist of the Year (2022), Taylor is the host and co-curator of\u003cbr\u003eOut-Spoken, the UK's premier poetry and music club, currently resident at the\u003cbr\u003eSouthbank Centre. A former UK slam champion, she founded SLAMbassadors, the\u003cbr\u003eUK's youth slam championships, in 2001 and was its Artistic Director and\u003cbr\u003eNational Coach until 2018. Taylor is the author of three plays, a forthcoming\u003cbr\u003enovel and four poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eC+nto \u0026amp; Othered\u003cbr\u003ePoems\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2021 T. S. Eliot Prize and was longlisted\u003cbr\u003efor the 2021 Ondaatje Prize. Her documentary \u003ci\u003eButch\u003c\/i\u003e was recently featured on BBC Radio 4.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Westbourne Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50678895378706,"sku":"9781908906489","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c3bae80-7472-472b-861c-e69b0aaa18a4.jpg?v=1733896058","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/c-nto-othered-poems","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}