{"product_id":"desire-lines-unselected-poems-1966-2000-9781848615793","title":"Desire Lines: Unselected Poems 1966-2000","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesire Lines: Unselected Poems, 1966-2000\u003c\/em\u003e presents work drawn from across MacSweeney's writing life. Beginning with \u003cem\u003eThe Boy From the Green Cabaret Tells of His Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, which brought the 20-year-old poet fame and notoriety, \u003cem\u003eDesire Lines \u003c\/em\u003ebrings more than 300 pages of MacSweeney's poetry back into print. His prolific 1970s are represented here by eight complete sequences, including the major political work \u003cem\u003eBlack Torch\u003c\/em\u003e and the previously unpublished long poems \u003cem\u003eToad Church\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePelt Feather Log\u003c\/em\u003e. Drawing on archival resources and extensive bibliographic resources, \u003cem\u003eDesire Lines\u003c\/em\u003e collects the majority of MacSweeney's poetry not included in \u003cem\u003eWolf Tongue: Selected Poems, 1965-2000\u003c\/em\u003e. These unselected poems showcase the full range of his capabilities: from raw lyrical emotion to modernist fragmentation, from historical narrative to surreal invention and absurd humour. Including five unpublished poems from the 1980s - including the \"State-of-the-Nation Bulletin\", \u003cem\u003eRevulsion\u003c\/em\u003e and the tender, heartbroken 'Soft Hail' - MacSweeney's essential contribution to modern poetry can be seen to its full extent. Alongside translations from the French of Guillaume Apollinaire, \u003cem\u003eDesire Lines\u003c\/em\u003e includes an introduction and notes on the texts by the editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberts, Luke:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Luke Roberts is Lecturer in Modern Poetry at King's College, London, a position he has held since 2016. Among other publications he has authored 'Barry MacSweeney and the Politics of Post-War British Poetry: Seditious Things' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and co-edited 'Certain Prose of the English Intelligencer' (Mountain 2012; 2014).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMacSweeney, Barry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Barry MacSweeney (1948-2000) was a poet, journalist, trade unionist and publisher. A pivotal figure in the experimental poetry scene of the 1960s and 1970s, he achieved widespread critical acclaim towards the end of his life. A selected poems, Wolf Tongue, was published posthumously by Bloodaxe in 2003, and he has been the subject of a full-length academic study, a book of critical essays, and several radio documentaries.","brand":"Shearsman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433298497810,"sku":"9781848615793","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f0063bb5-d1fb-4c95-b590-ebd92057ea14.jpg?v=1729566303","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/desire-lines-unselected-poems-1966-2000-9781848615793","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}