{"product_id":"thrums-9781800175204","title":"Thrums","description":"\u003cp\u003e' to be affected in many ways\u003cbr\u003eis the sole ambition of the days' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ethrums\u003c\/i\u003e grows out of Clark's celebrated collection, \u003ci\u003ethat which appears\u003c\/i\u003e, in an extension and affirmation of that book's particular aesthetic. Including poems first published in \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the poems' closely observed landscapes tell of presence and loss, of change and precarious continuity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Scotland's most distinctive writers, a vivid minimalist, ruralist and experimentalist, his selected poems, \u003ci\u003eThe Threadbare Coat\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), is also published by Carcanet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas A Clark\u003c\/b\u003e lives in a fishing village on the east coast of Scotland. \u003ci\u003ethat which appears\u003c\/i\u003e, a gathering of four earlier books, was published by Carcanet Press in 2024. A selected poems, \u003ci\u003eThe Threadbare Coat\u003c\/i\u003e, also from Carcanet, appeared in 2020. With the artist Laurie Clark, he runs Cairn Gallery, a space for minimal and conceptual art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carcanet Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52127681577234,"sku":"9781800175204","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_400d1397-5691-472f-ba80-ff3f46f55dde.jpg?v=1773742722","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thrums-9781800175204","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}