{"product_id":"so-much-for-life-selected-poems-9781643621784","title":"So Much for Life: Selected Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA long awaited collection of poems by Mark Hyatt, one of the great lost writers of mid-century British poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScarcely published in his lifetime, Hyatt's work -survives thanks to the intervention of poets and friends who saved his manuscripts and kept his poems in circulation. Queer in the decades before Gay Liberation; Romani; incarcerated in prisons and asylums; illiterate into adulthood: it's tempting to read Hyatt according to the familiar script of the doomed poet, resounding with loneliness and isolation. But his poetry--\"hot and tender,\" funny and sad--tells another story: of love, liberatory commitment, and desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Hyatt \u003c\/b\u003e(1940-1972) lived at the center and the fringes of the bohemian underground in 1960s Britain. In the half-century since his death, his work has been known almost exclusively by word-of-mouth. Drawing on a full range of archival sources, \u003ci\u003eSo Much For Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive edition of his poems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Ladkin\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuke Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and writer. He works at King's College London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nightboat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50673872044306,"sku":"9781643621784","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_410de72c-9a86-43ab-999d-c96c86167543.jpg?v=1733846295","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/so-much-for-life-selected-poems-9781643621784","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}