{"product_id":"9781800818149","title":"Cowboy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Walker, Kandace Siobhan \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; literary studies\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 September 2023 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 80 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 198 x 9 | 112g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Forward Prize Best First Collection 2023The poems in Cowboy are knowing, millennial, internet-sick, funny, with deep undercurrents: of embodied and disembodied spiritualities; of the knowledge of animals; of familial mythologies; of grief and longing; of autism and navigating diagnoses; of early and enduring disappointment; of the wildness underneath the smooth glass-and-chrome surfaces of contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe echo of a question permeates the collection - where does a person grow up? - moving restlessly between rural Wales, London and the American South; between the esoteric spaces of the internet; between the artlessness of childhood and adolescence transfigured inexplicably into a disquieting adulthood, with its attendant weirdness of rent-paying, cohabiting, the churn of mindless work and alienation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe generous abundance of Cowboy's references - memes, early noughties television shows, pop songs, cities and their suburbs, video games - bring anxiety and pressure, joy and glory to this singularly impressive debut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44238578090243,"sku":"9781800818149","price":11.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781800818149_99c5531a-1048-47dd-8345-01af123623d4.jpg?v=1731416733","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781800818149","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}