{"product_id":"women-in-comfortable-shoes-paperback","title":"Women in Comfortable Shoes - 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\u003eSelima Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHot on the heels of her previous collection \u003cem\u003eMen Who Feed Pigeons\u003c\/em\u003e, Selima Hill's \u003cem\u003eWomen in Comfortable Shoes \u003c\/em\u003eis the 21st book of poetry from \"the UK's Emily Dickinson\".\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection presents eleven contrasting but well-fitting sequences of short poems relating to women, including: \u003cem\u003eFishface\u003c\/em\u003e, in which a disobedient young girl is sent to a Catholic convent school to give her mother a break; \u003cem\u003eFridge\u003c\/em\u003e, in which trucks, geese and fridges speak of death, grief and absence; and \u003cem\u003eGirls without Hamsters, \u003c\/em\u003e which deals with an older woman's obsession with a spider-legged young man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting with her trademark wit and originality, Selima Hill looks closely at the complications and contradictions that define our lives and relationships. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelima Hill \u003c\/b\u003ewas awarded the King's Gold Medal for Poetry for 2022, with special recognition given to \u003ci\u003eGloria: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). This draws on collections from 1984 to 2006 and includes \u003ci\u003eViolet\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), which was shortlisted for all three of the UK's major poetry prizes, the Forward Prize, T.S. Eliot Prize and Whitbread Poetry Award, and \u003ci\u003eBunny\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), which won the Whitbread Poetry Award and was also shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Her most recent Bloodaxe collections are \u003ci\u003eMen Who Feed Pigeons \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, T.S. Eliot Prize and Forward Prize; and \u003ci\u003eWomen in Comfortable Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e (2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.35 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758556578080,"sku":"9781780376677","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0702fbd5fb55830b47742b94be70f233_6ce6b916-94cc-472a-a952-02c97c191008.webp?v=1780129146","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/women-in-comfortable-shoes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}