{"product_id":"9781800173880-baby-schema","title":"Baby Schema","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsabel Galleymore's second book is a collection of ecopoetry that explores cuteness, care and commodification in an age of hyper-capitalism and environmental crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Laurel Prize 2024\u003cbr\u003eA Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendation 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Trees crawling with babies, babies\u003cbr\u003edarting through the sky\u003cbr\u003eor buoyed by thermal vents, babies\u003cbr\u003epainted with false eyes'\u003cbr\u003e('Fable')\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Isabel Galleymore's second collection, the adorable other is not just an imagined future child, but also a tree frog, a weather-worn statue and often the speaker herself, who dreams of quitting adulthood and an endangered world. 'Mother Earth' is less an entity to be revered than a command to care-giving. Lyrics and syllabically-constrained fables examine the play and power involved in creating new life, whether biologically or via cartoonists' animation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGalleymore hones in on cuteness and its relationships to hyper-capitalism and environmental crisis to produce a deliberately queasy ecopoetics. Animal extinctions are likened to failed businesses and sainthood is granted to a dubious character named Michael Mouse. Studies of wild creatures join those of pets, pot plants and animal videos: here is a new nature - one shaped by the extremes of our contemporary desires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41524878377057,"sku":"9781800173880","price":9.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35899916_bad5d373-7b98-42bd-8a0f-9ee51192692b.jpg?v=1756932530","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781800173880-baby-schema","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}