{"product_id":"9780571338917-soho","title":"Soho","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDebut collection presenting an uncompromising portrait of love and shame within London's Soho community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA POETRY AWARD\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this intimate and vital debut, Richard Scott creates an uncompromising portrait of love and gay shame. Examining how trauma becomes a part of the language we use, Scott takes us back to our roots: childhood incidents, the violence our scars betray, forgotten forebears and histories. The hungers of sexual encounters are underscored by the risks that threaten when we give ourselves to or accept another. But the poems celebrate joy and tenderness, too, as in a sequence re-imagining the love poetry of Verlaine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection crescendos to Scott's tour de force, 'Oh My Soho!', where a night stroll under the street lamps of Soho Square becomes a search for true lineage, a reclamation of stolen ancestors, hope for healing, and, above all, the finding of our truest selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57536535429494,"sku":"9780571338917","price":9.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36339270.jpg?v=1774289161","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571338917-soho","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}