{"product_id":"girls-etc-by-rhian-elizabeth","title":"girls etc by Rhian Elizabeth","description":"\u003csection class=\"Jgs2b9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"WAZqE7 QfrfFD cell\"\u003e\n\u003csection data-hook=\"description-wrapper\" class=\"Va_ZoC\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LvOu6J\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vaI0UH undefined\" data-hook=\"content-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe language in Rhian Elizabeth’s poetry feels instinctual: the poems in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003egirls etc\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e pulse and ripple with energy, their rhythms are perfectly pitched. Elizabeth writes of personal experience with an intensity and sharpness that challenges you to look closely. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003egirls etc\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e showcases a defiance, alongside the beauty and vulnerability here, which resonates long after the last page is turned. Rhian Elizabeth brings a breath of fresh air to contemporary poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRhian Elizabeth was born in 1988 in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. She is a Hay Festival Writer at Work and Writer in Residence at the Coracle International Literary Festival in Tranås, Sweden. She is currently at night school studying to be a counsellor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is an ease to these poems which makes them feel like 'memorable speech' - they slip straight from the page as though spoken out loud.\u003cbr\u003e   — Andrew McMillan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003egirls etc sings with heartbreak, dating rituals, love, loss and a Garden of Eden rewrite. This collection is a good friend — sometimes painfully honest, but mostly makes you feel “apple crumble warm”.\u003cbr\u003e   — Hanan Issa, National Poet of Wales\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"QfrfFD cell\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"TPAMultiSection_kknvza40.product-page-details-4\" data-hook=\"slot-placeholder-TPAMultiSection_kknvza40.product-page-details-4\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback \/ 60 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56795345584509,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/girlsetc.jpg?v=1756464198","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/girls-etc-by-rhian-elizabeth","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}