{"product_id":"birdhouse","title":"Birdhouse","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom diamonds hidden in a grandmother’s pantry to a peahen’s shout of ecstasy, from the voice of a deranged bridesmaid to that of a nun teaching a sex education lesson, \u003cem\u003eBirdhouse\u003c\/em\u003e is full of life – and its flip-side. It includes an award-winning sequence of elegies for the poet’s grandparents and great-grandparents who were victims of the holocaust (the sequence was a Poetry Book Society Choice). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eThroughout this dazzling debut, Woodford explores sex, running away from school, and the happy ever after endings of Goldilocks and Eliza Doolittle. She takes a reader from Poland to Darlington on a dizzying scenic route involving graveyards and playgrounds. Along the way she celebrates a dead pigeon, a washing line, a big bed scene and an endless pair of legs. Her poems speak directly to a reader. Intimate and compelling. Casually artful. They stir up time and place to dissolving point, honouring the material word but not taking it for what it is. Or isn’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eWoodford has received an Eric Gregory Award, an Arvon\/Jerwood apprenticeship, a Hawthornden Fellowship, a major Leverhulme grant and is a previous winner of the International Poetry Business Competition. Widely published in magazines and anthologies, she has completed residencies in Alnwick Garden, Durham Cathedral and the Tyne \u0026amp; Wear Fire and Rescue Service. Her work has been described by Anthony Rudolf as ‘tough-minded and tender-hearted’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32091483177043,"sku":"","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781844717880.jpg?v=1764999937","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/birdhouse","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}