{"product_id":"that-broke-into-shining-crystals-by-richard-scott","title":"That Broke into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePOETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReverberating with risk, this collection negotiates the darkness of injury, the potency and pain of revelation, and agency as song. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor years I had no sound but his sweetness, his lye. Thus I go slow.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI song last. Least. The lower.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat which I had nor sound I may still song. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrauma and vulnerability - violation and its aftershock - are explored within a framework of self-determination and radical queerness in Richard Scott's second collection. In three distinct yet interlocking parts, he documents what it is to have survived 'seismic assaults, the buried silences'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is first pursued through still-life paintings, controlled arrangements in which time is frozen. In 'Coy', the lexicon of Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress' is repurposed to enact the collapse of language under the strain of description, punctuated by scalding direct statement. In the luminous title sequence, crystals and gemstones evoke themes of fracture and fixative, demonstrating Scott's power as a poet who casts an uncompromising but ultimately uplifting light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A luminous, uneasily beautiful set of poems.' Rebecca Tamas, Guardian (Best Recent Poetry roundup)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback \/ 96 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55528333214077,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9780571391318.jpg?v=1742131472","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/that-broke-into-shining-crystals-by-richard-scott","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}