{"product_id":"a-man-a-woman-a-hippopotamus-paperback","title":"A Man, a Woman \u0026 a Hippopotamus - 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\u003eSelima Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelima Hill's twenty-second collection \u003ci\u003eA Man, a Woman \u0026amp; a Hippopotamus\u003c\/i\u003e presents ten sequences of short poems, prose poems and short pieces on relationships and doings between people, animals and the world at large. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelf-portrait with a Bucket: On being an artist's model. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mathematician\u003c\/i\u003e: A man and woman trying to agree. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Man, a Woman \u0026amp; a Chihuahua\u003c\/i\u003e: Different people's senses of bafflement with each other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaby Peter\u003c\/i\u003e: A homeless man and his mother. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgatha\u003c\/i\u003e: An afternoon in a care home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoom 17\u003c\/i\u003e: A 70-year-old woman, baffled but determined. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen in Shorts and Bonkers\u003c\/i\u003e: Out walking with dogs and their humans. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUntil the Tears Roll Down My Cheeks like Honey\u003c\/i\u003e: Two strangers in a field. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Surly Mothers of Successful Men\u003c\/i\u003e: Short pieces of memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelima Hill \u003c\/b\u003egrew up in a family of painters on farms in England and Wales, and has lived in Dorset for the past 40 years. Her collection \u003cem\u003eViolet\u003c\/em\u003e (1997) was a Poetry Book Society Choice and was shortlisted for all three of the UK's major poetry prizes, the Forward Prize, T.S. Eliot Prize and Whitbread Poetry Award. Her most recent collections from Bloodaxe Books include \u003cem\u003ePeople Who Like Meatballs\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), shortlisted for both the Forward Poetry Prize and the Costa Poetry Award; \u003cem\u003eJutland\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation which was shortlisted for the 2015 T.S. Eliot Prize and was earlier shortlisted for the Roehampton Poetry Prize; \u003cem\u003eThe Magnitude of My Sublime Existence\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), shortlisted for the Roehampton Poetry Prize 2017; and \u003cem\u003eMen Who Feed Pigeons\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), shortlisted for the 2021 Forward Prize for Best Collection, the 2021 T.S. Eliot Prize, and the Rathbones Folio Prize 2022\u003cem\u003e; \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWomen in Comfortable Shoes\u003c\/em\u003e (2023), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Selima Hill was awarded The King's Gold Medal for Poetry, 2022, made on the basis of her body of work, with special recognition for her 2008 Bloodaxe Books retrospective \u003cem\u003eGloria: Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52985244582195,"sku":"9781780377520","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/CfbnYUkVeJ9781780377520.webp?v=1768985528","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/a-man-a-woman-a-hippopotamus-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}