{"product_id":"9781780377643-jiving-with-wasps-new-selected-poems","title":"Jiving with Wasps","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJiving with Wasps\u003c\/em\u003e is a new retrospective from Ireland's Rita Ann Higgins drawing on a dozen collections from \u003cem\u003eGoddess on the Mervue Bus\u003c\/em\u003e (1986) to \u003cem\u003eThe Long Weekend\u003c\/em\u003e (2024). Defiantly mischievous, playfully subversive, this irreverent iconoclast has been achieving wider popularity through RTÉ's Brendan O'Connor Show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJiving with Wasps\u003c\/em\u003e is a new retrospective from Rita Ann Higgins drawing on a dozen books of poetry published over four decades, from \u003cem\u003eGoddess on the Mervue Bus\u003c\/em\u003e (1986) to \u003cem\u003eThe Long Weekend\u003c\/em\u003e (2024), in addition to new poems appearing here for the first time. These are provocative and heart-warming poems of high jinks and telling social comment by a gutsy, anarchic chronicler of Irish lives and foibles. Defiantly mischievous, playfully subversive, this irreverent iconoclast has been achieving even wider popularity through her regular appearances on RTÉ's \u003cem\u003eBrendan O'Connor Show\u003c\/em\u003e: 'Rita Ann Higgins is the people's poet. She's magic. She's a one-off.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56414885314934,"sku":"9781780377643","price":15.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36640881.jpg?v=1760593329","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781780377643-jiving-with-wasps-new-selected-poems","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}