{"product_id":"women-in-comfortable-shoes-9781780376677","title":"Women in Comfortable Shoes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHot on the heels of her previous collection \u003cem\u003eMen Who Feed Pigeons\u003c\/em\u003e, Selima Hill's \u003cem\u003eWomen in Comfortable Shoes \u003c\/em\u003eis the 21st book of poetry from \"the UK's Emily Dickinson\".\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection presents eleven contrasting but well-fitting sequences of short poems relating to women, including: \u003cem\u003eFishface\u003c\/em\u003e, in which a disobedient young girl is sent to a Catholic convent school to give her mother a break; \u003cem\u003eFridge\u003c\/em\u003e, in which trucks, geese and fridges speak of death, grief and absence; and \u003cem\u003eGirls without Hamsters, \u003c\/em\u003e which deals with an older woman's obsession with a spider-legged young man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting with her trademark wit and originality, Selima Hill looks closely at the complications and contradictions that define our lives and relationships. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelima Hill \u003c\/b\u003ewas awarded the King's Gold Medal for Poetry for 2022, with special recognition given to \u003ci\u003eGloria: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). This draws on collections from 1984 to 2006 and includes \u003ci\u003eViolet\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), which was shortlisted for all three of the UK's major poetry prizes, the Forward Prize, T.S. Eliot Prize and Whitbread Poetry Award, and \u003ci\u003eBunny\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), which won the Whitbread Poetry Award and was also shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Her most recent Bloodaxe collections are \u003ci\u003eMen Who Feed Pigeons \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, T.S. Eliot Prize and Forward Prize; and \u003ci\u003eWomen in Comfortable Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e (2023).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloodaxe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914444509458,"sku":"9781780376677","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0157e3ae-a7df-4552-917d-9b401231f8d7.jpg?v=1738816899","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/women-in-comfortable-shoes-9781780376677","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}