{"product_id":"9780701188573","title":"Black Country","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Liz Berry\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePoetry by individual poets\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 August 2014 by Vintage Publishing (Chatto \u0026amp; Windus) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 80 pages\u003cbr\u003e216 x 136 x 7mm | 96g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE BEST FIRST COLLECTION 2014*PBS Recommendation 2014*‘When I became a bird, Lord, nothing could not stop me…’In Black Country, Liz Berry takes flight: to Wrens Nest, Gosty Hill, Tipton-on-Cut; to the places of home. The poems move from the magic of childhood – bostin fittle at Nanny’s, summers before school – into deeper, darker territory: sensual love, enchanted weddings, and the promise of new life.  In Berry’s hands, the ordinary is transformed: her characters shift shapes, her eye is unusual, her ear attuned to the sounds of the Black Country, with ‘vowels ferrous as nails, consonants \/ you could lick the coal from.’ Ablaze with energy and full of the rich dialect of the West Midlands, this is an incandescent debut from a poet of dazzling talent and verve.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liz Berry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57418902798661,"sku":"9780701188573","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780701188573.jpg?v=1773832936","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780701188573","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}