{"product_id":"9780712354660","title":"Poems in Progress : Drafts from Master Poets","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Alexandra Ault\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePoetry anthologies (various poets)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22 September 2022 by British Library Publishing in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 288 pages, 200+ Colour Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e208 x 256 x 29mm | 1102g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsk two poets what their first drafts look like, and you’ll get wildly different answers. From typed pages with delicate annotation to hasty scribbles in a dog-eared notebook, drafts can tell us so much more about poems – and their poets – than their final, published versions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiverse themes including love, inequality, and the natural world bring together some of the most culturally significant and emotionally affecting poems in the British Library’s collections and beyond. These carefully selected drafts are written on materials ranging from school exercise books to mulberry bark to Holloway prison toilet paper. They include not only English and American poetry, but also drafts in Amharic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Persian, Thai and Sanskrit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Expert commentary explains the provenance of the manuscripts, as well as the secrets they reveal about the writing process. Previously unpublished early drafts by practising poets including Benjamin Zephaniah, Simon Armitage, Pascale Petit and Hollie McNish are accompanied by new reflections from the poets themselves on their inspiration and craft.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alexandra Ault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57418914824517,"sku":"9780712354660","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780712354660.jpg?v=1773833065","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780712354660","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}