{"product_id":"signs-music-poems-9781959030799","title":"Signs, Music: Poems","description":"Structured as a two-part sequence poem, Signs, \u003cem\u003eMusic\u003c\/em\u003e explores the before and after of becoming a father with tenderness and care--the cognitive and emotional dissonances between the \"hypothetical\" and the \"real\" of fatherhood, the ways our own parents shape the parents we become, and how fraught with emotion, curiosity, and recollection this irreversible transition to fatherhood makes one's inner landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At once searching and bright, deeply rooted and buoyant, Raymond Antrobus's Signs, \u003cem\u003eMusic\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving record of the changes and challenges encompassing new parenthood and the inevitable cycles of life, death, birth, renewal, and legacy--a testament to the joy, uncertainty, and incredible love that come with bringing new life into the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaymond Antrobus\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Hackney, London, to an English mother and Jamaican father. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTo Sweeten Bitter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Perseverance\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAll The Names Given\u003c\/i\u003e. He was awarded the 2017 Geoffrey Dearmer Prize (judged by Ocean Vuong) for his poem 'Sound Machine'. In 2019 he became the first poet to be awarded the Rathbones Folio Prize for best work of literature in any genre. Other accolades include the Ted Hughes Award, the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award, and a Sunday Times\/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award. \u003ci\u003eAll The Names Given\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize, and several of his poems were added to the GCSE syllabus in 2022. His picture books for children are published by Walker Books (UK) and Candlewick Press (US). Antrobus is an advocate for several D\/deaf charities, including DeafKidz International and the National Deaf Children's Society. He divides his time between England and New Orleans.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51831613718802,"sku":"9781959030799","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad8a6b8d-cf1c-4cf9-a9ce-27d2a716a74b.jpg?v=1767006439","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/signs-music-poems-9781959030799","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}