{"product_id":"pit-lullabies-9781780376066","title":"Pit Lullabies","description":"\u003cb\u003eThese intimate, visceral and often wickedly funny poems journey through the darker days of new parenthood, teasing out the anxieties which plague us when night falls.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eViolence against women, the destruction of our environment, the poisons and pitfalls of 21st-century living are explored here in poems by turns lyrical and earthy, yearning and angry. They mine gold from the darkness and seek luminescence in the deepest oceans. \u003ci\u003ePit Lullabies\u003c\/i\u003e is Jessica Traynor's third collection, following \u003ci\u003eLiffey Swim\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eThe Quick\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) from Ireland's Dedalus Press, and is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. It was named as one of the 'The best new poetry of 2022' in the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica Traynor was born in Dublin in 1984 and is a poet, essayist and librettist. Her debut collection, \u003ci\u003eLiffey Swim\u003c\/i\u003e (Dedalus Press, 2014), was shortlisted for the Strong\/Shine Award and in 2016 was named one of the best poetry debuts of the past five years on Bustle.com. Her second collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Quick\u003c\/i\u003e, was a 2019 Irish Times poetry choice. \u003ci\u003eA Place of Pointed Stones\u003c\/i\u003e, a pamphlet commissioned by Offaly County Council, was published by The Salvage Press in 2021. Her third collection, \u003ci\u003ePit Lullabies\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Bloodaxe Books in March 2022. It was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was an Irish Times poetry books of the year choice for 2022. \u003ci\u003ePit Lullabies\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the inaugural Yeats Society Sligo's Poetry Prize in 2023.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has received commissions for poems from BBC Radio 4, The Arts Council of Ireland, The Model Gallery Sligo, The Salvage Press, VISUAL Carlow, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and The Poetry Programme (RTÉ), and awards including the Hennessy New Writer of the Year, the Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary, and the Listowel Poetry Prize. In 2016, she was named one of the 'Rising Generation' of poets by Poetry Ireland. She is the recipient of the Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe reviews poetry for \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, RTÉ Radio 1's \u003ci\u003eArena\u003c\/i\u003e, and for \u003ci\u003ePoetry Ireland Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She is an inaugural Creative Fellow of UCD, where she completed her MA in Creative Writing in 2008, and has held residencies including the Yeats Society, Sligo, and Carlow College. She was Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Writer in Residence for 2021-22 and is University of Galway Writer in Residence for 2023. She is poetry editor at \u003ci\u003eBanshee\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloodaxe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382941126930,"sku":"9781780376066","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e2bdd14d-7bc9-4660-a664-935f7d856f93.jpg?v=1728774246","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pit-lullabies-9781780376066","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}