{"product_id":"head-on-paperback","title":"Head on - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClare Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the direct trajectory of their first collection, \u003ci\u003eStraight Ahead\u003c\/i\u003e, Clare Shaw's second collection \u003ci\u003eHead On \u003c\/i\u003eturns an unflinching gaze into startling new territories. Structured by interweaving themes of political and personal conflict, the book begins and ends with the recurrent necessity of speaking out. And this is a book which speaks in equal measures, in precise and uncompromising language, about love and tenderness; violence and brutality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClare Shaw\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Burnley in 1972. Their first two collections with Bloodaxe were \u003cem\u003eStraight Ahead \u003c\/em\u003e(2006), which attracted a Forward Prize Highly Commended for Best Single Poem, and \u003cem\u003eHead On\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), which according to the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e is 'fierce, memorable and visceral'. Their later collections are\u003cem\u003e Flood\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), a New Writing North Read Regional title in 2019, and\u003cem\u003e Towards a General Theory of Love\u003c\/em\u003e (2022) which won a Northern Writers' Award and was a Poetry Society Book of the Year. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 71\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460961636589,"sku":"9781852249519","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/head-on-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}