{"product_id":"selected-poems-1988-2016-paperback","title":"Selected Poems 1988-2016 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Halsey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems 1988-2016 \u003c\/em\u003efocuses on Alan Halsey's longer poems from the period and brings together the previously scattered sequences \u003cem\u003eArs Poetica, Tracks \u0026amp; Tracts of the Lizopard, A Looking-Glass for Logoclasts \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLatin for Today: The Sequel\u003c\/em\u003e. It includes some revised and expanded texts such as the John Dee libretto \u003cem\u003eLoagaeth \u003c\/em\u003ealongside poems written since \u003cem\u003eRampant Inertia\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Shearsman in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Halsey exhilaratingly explores language and ideology, running different jargons and discourses together in a poetry of passionate and stoical resistance.\" --Robert Potts, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"He continues to create a kabbalah of cultural signs, a dictionary of linguistic possibilities, a stylish verbal music, in his essential role as courteous gadfly.\" --Paul Merchant, \u003cem\u003eChicago Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Halsey's poems come in such variety, from very straightforward, personal-voice addresses to the most recondite word salads - like a dense portable anthology from a rich and complex literary canon that simultaneously overlaps with but is fundamentally shifted from the recognizable 'canon'.\" --Mark Scroggins, \u003cem\u003eCulture Industry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42705836736575,"sku":"9781848615397","price":26.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4a056ca314148a394c62e407ace4eb0d.webp?v=1765038233","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/selected-poems-1988-2016-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}