{"product_id":"the-privatisation-of-poetry-9781916938670","title":"The Privatisation of Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the last forty years large sections of British economic life have been moved out of common ownership into private hands, rationed by price or simply closed down. The democratic process is blocked by inequality, authoritarianism, deceit and a narrow ideological consensus. British cultural life is blocked by the values of big business and show business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poetry scene is an atomised, unwelcoming and unfriendly place whose inaccessibility is hardly disguised by ritual declarations about diversity and inclusion. Conversations about poetry are replaced by conversations about poets, discussions of tradition by accusations of plagiarism, and the language of literary criticism by the language of hyperbolic press-releases promoting corporate prizes and celebrity book-festivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Privatisation of Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e brings together essays and reviews first published in books and magazines including \u003cem\u003eThe London Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The Morning Star\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The New Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The North\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e PN Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Scratch, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThumbscrew\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Broken Sleep Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50871661560082,"sku":"9781916938670","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea90c8a0-4007-4681-b330-55b3284531be.jpg?v=1737844787","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-privatisation-of-poetry-9781916938670","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}