{"product_id":"baby-schema","title":"Baby Schema","description":"\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\n Isabel Galleymore's second collection, the adorable other is not just \nan imagined future child, but also a tree frog, a weather-worn statue \nand often the speaker herself, who dreams of quitting adulthood and an \nendangered world. 'Mother Earth' is less an entity to be revered than a \ncommand to care-giving. Lyrics and syllabically-constrained fables \nexamine the play and power involved in creating new life, whether \nbiologically or via cartoonists' animation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGalleymore hones in \non cuteness and its relationships to hyper-capitalism and environmental \ncrisis to produce a deliberately queasy ecopoetics. Animal extinctions \nare likened to failed businesses and sainthood is granted to a dubious \ncharacter named Michael Mouse. Studies of wild creatures join those of \npets, pot plants and animal videos: here is a new nature - one shaped by\n the extremes of our contemporary desires.","brand":"Carcanet Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47849962209624,"sku":"9781800173880","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781800173880.jpg?v=1765093536","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/baby-schema","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}