{"product_id":"between-the-islands-paperback","title":"Between the Islands - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Gross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two searching sequences that bookend this collection are not so much elegies as unfinished conversations with friends no longer living - friendships lost or neglected, with their closeness and distances sensitively mapped. This is Philip Gross's writing at its most hospitable, lit up by a sense of personal address, both tactful and deeply engaged. The sea that is always in sight, between us and beyond us, is more than a metaphor. It is another conversation - with the real sea of this planet, used and abused and in need of our care. \u003ci\u003eBetween the Islands\u003c\/i\u003e is Philip Gross's 21st book of poetry, and his 11th from Bloodaxe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Cornwall, son of an Estonian wartime refugee, Philip Gross has lived in Plymouth, Bristol and South Wales, where he was Professor of Creative Writing at Glamorgan University (USW). His 27th collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Thirteenth Angel\u003c\/em\u003e (2022), is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, and is shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2022. It follows eleven previous books with Bloodaxe, including \u003cem\u003eBetween the Islands\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), \u003cem\u003eA Bright Acoustic\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), \u003cem\u003eLove Songs of Carbon\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), winner of the Roland Mathias Poetry Award and a Poetry Book Society Recommendation; \u003cem\u003eDeep Field\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation; \u003cem\u003eThe Water Table\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize 2009; and \u003cem\u003eChanges of Address: Poems 1980-1998\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), his selection from earlier books including \u003cem\u003eThe Ice Factory, Cat's Whisker, The Son of the Duke of Nowhere, I.D.\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Wasting Game\u003c\/em\u003e. Since \u003cem\u003eThe Air Mines of Mistila\u003c\/em\u003e (with Sylvia Kantaris, Bloodaxe Books, 1988), he has been a keen collaborator, most recently with artist Valerie Coffin Price on \u003cem\u003eA Fold in the River \u003c\/em\u003e(2015), with poet Lesley Saunders on \u003cem\u003eA Part of the Main \u003c\/em\u003e(2018), and with Welsh-language \u003cem\u003ebardd\u003c\/em\u003e Cyril Jones on \u003cem\u003eTroeon\/Turnings\u003c\/em\u003e (2021). \u003cem\u003eI Spy Pinhole Eye\u003c\/em\u003e (Cinnamon Press, 2009), with photographer Simon Denison, won the Wales Book of the Year Award 2010. He received a Cholmondeley Award in 2017. Philip Gross's poetry for young people includes \u003cem\u003eManifold Manor, The All-Nite Café\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the Signal Award 1994), \u003cem\u003eOff Road to Everywhere\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the CLPE Award 2011) and the poetry-science collection \u003cem\u003eDark Sky Park \u003c\/em\u003e(shortlisted for the CLiPPA award 2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728122638643,"sku":"9781780375069","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OVh2SllZd21OZG13M2MvOE5DbFlYdz09.webp?v=1763776893","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/between-the-islands-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}