{"product_id":"virago-book-of-wicked-verse","title":"Virago Book Of Wicked Verse","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis wonderfully sharp and witty collection of poems - feisty, bawdy, erotic, irreverent - is an illuminating comment on women's ability to transform poetry into a medium of subversiveness. There are jibes at hypocrisy and prejudice, plenty of sexiness and sauciness, and a riotous turning of the 'Lady Poet' image on its head. ('A fallinf leaf could stir her. \/ A wilting, dying rose \/ would make her write, both day and night, \/ the most rewarding prose. \/ She'd find a hidden meaning \/ in every pair of pants \/ then hurry home to be alone \/ and write about romance' - Maya Angelou). With poets spanning continents and centuries, this anthology demonstrates lavishly the myriad ways in which women can be 'wicked' - by their definition - and wilfully so!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoems by: Maya Angelou, Margaret Atwood, Aphra Behn, Nina Cassian, Emily Dickinson, Carol Ann Duffy, Lorna Goodison, Jackie Kay, Liz Lochead, Suniti Namjoshi, Grace Nichols, Dorothy Parker, Fiona Pitt-Kethley, Izumi Shikibu, Stevie Smith, Anna Wickham and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54227258474840,"sku":"9781853813870","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781853813870.jpg?v=1744775145","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/virago-book-of-wicked-verse","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}