{"product_id":"9781800173279-hard-drive","title":"Hard Drive","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the world turned upside down following the sudden death of a same sex partner, the poet works through the aftermath, negotiating the people and 'stuff' left behind, and transforming difficult lived experience by interrogating language as a means to process grief and loss, ultimately finding love, hope and catharsis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Polari Book Prize 2024. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Gay Poetry Lammy Award 2024. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen his partner suddenly died, life changed utterly for Paul Stephenson. \u003ci\u003eHard Drive\u003c\/i\u003e is the outcome of his revisiting a world he thought he knew, but which had been upended. In poems that are affectionate, self-examining, sometimes funny and often surprised by grief in the oddest corners, the poet takes us through rooms, routines, and rituals of bereavement, the memory of love, a shared life and separation. A noted formalist, with a flair for experiment, pattern and the use of constraints, Stephenson has written a remarkable first book, moving and, despite everything, a hopeful record of a gay relationship. It is also a landmark elegy collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40882391482465,"sku":"9781800173279","price":10.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35901040_00ad397d-f9ea-41a1-88a1-340418cdacbf.jpg?v=1756932604","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781800173279-hard-drive","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}