{"product_id":"rookie-selected-poems-9781800171862","title":"Rookie: Selected Poems","description":"Caroline Bird is one of Carcanet's most popular poets. Her startling instinct for metaphor, the courage of her choice of subjects, and the integrity of her witness, set her apart: a poem is a risk, and it has to be a risk worth taking for the poet and for the reader. Starting with \u003ci\u003eLooking through Letterboxes\u003c\/i\u003e in 2002 when she was fifteen years old, she has published six Carcanet books, culminating in \u003ci\u003eThe Air Year \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was awarded the Forward Prize in 2020, shortlisted for the Polari Book Prize and the Costa Poetry Prize, and a Book of the Year in the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph, Guardian, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhite Review.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRookie \u003c\/i\u003epresents a formidable body of work composed over two decades from one of the poetry world's most energetic and consistently compelling voices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline Bird \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet and playwright. Her 2020 collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Air Year\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2020 and was shortlisted for the Polari Prize and the Costa Prize. Her fifth collection, \u003ci\u003e In These Days of Prohibition\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the 2017 T.S. Eliot Prize and the Ted Hughes Award. A two-time winner of the Foyle Young Poets Award, her first collection, \u003ci\u003eLooking Through Letterboxes\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2002 when she was fifteen. She was one of the five official poets at the 2012 London Olympics\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carcanet Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50389099806994,"sku":"9781800171862","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2fbef64a-252f-46b8-ba78-e784cadfedef.jpg?v=1728915807","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rookie-selected-poems-9781800171862","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}