{"product_id":"outlandish-paperback","title":"Outlandish - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJo Clement\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompelled by a brutal Roma diasporic legacy, \u003ci\u003eOutlandish\u003c\/i\u003e tenderly praises the poem-as-protest and illuminates a hidden and threatened culture. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJo Clement's first collection confronts Romantic impressions of British Gypsy or Roma ethnicity and lyrically lays them to rest. From Wordsworth to TV's \u003ci\u003eTop Gear\u003c\/i\u003e, her poems invite us to consider notions of otherness, trespass, and craft. She steps between ancient stopping places and mardy council estates to trill elegiac Romanes, English, and birdsong about witches, wild camping, and Silver Cross prams.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Darlington in 1986, \u003cb\u003eJo Clement\u003c\/b\u003e is the recipient of a Northern Writers' Award and the Editor of \u003ci\u003eButcher's Dog\u003c\/i\u003e poetry magazine. With support from the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), she is the founder of the imprint Wagtail. Her poems have been shortlisted for the Bridport, Melita Hume and Troubadour International prizes. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Travellers' Times\u003c\/i\u003e, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Your Local Arena, and currently works as a Creative Writing Lecturer at Northumbria University. Jo's debut pamphlet \u003ci\u003eMoveable Type\u003c\/i\u003e (New Writing North) was published in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698700914751,"sku":"9781780376141","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/16392b853e3668e57673ba792a6e5739.webp?v=1765011082","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/outlandish-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}