{"product_id":"so-much-for-life-selected-poems-paperback","title":"So Much for Life: Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Hyatt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSam Ladkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLuke Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA long awaited collection of poems by Mark Hyatt, one of the great lost writers of mid-century British poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScarcely published in his lifetime, Hyatt's work -survives thanks to the intervention of poets and friends who saved his manuscripts and kept his poems in circulation. Queer in the decades before Gay Liberation; Romani; incarcerated in prisons and asylums; illiterate into adulthood: it's tempting to read Hyatt according to the familiar script of the doomed poet, resounding with loneliness and isolation. But his poetry--\"hot and tender,\" funny and sad--tells another story: of love, liberatory commitment, and desire.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Hyatt \u003c\/b\u003e(1940-1972) lived at the center and the fringes of the bohemian underground in 1960s Britain. In the half-century since his death, his work has been known almost exclusively by word-of-mouth. Drawing on a full range of archival sources, \u003ci\u003eSo Much For Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive edition of his poems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Ladkin\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuke Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and writer. He works at King's College London.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42151566770311,"sku":"9781643621784","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6d95f0f47a43e9520e18b5d9ac147e1d.webp?v=1733207974","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/so-much-for-life-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}