{"product_id":"afterburn-paperback-8","title":"Afterburn - 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\u003eBlake Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lucid, tender and humane . . . One of the most formally agile and compassionate poets of our age' Fiona Benson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere you are, on the balcony, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe sea serenading you, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe sun with its armful of light.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAfterburn\u003c\/i\u003e, Blake Morrison returns to poetry, his first calling, to offers scenes from his own life and the lives of others. In psychology, 'afterburn' refers to the time before a past event is assimilated - an idea that resonates through these poems (which themselves linger after reading) about memory and our attempts to articulate, shape or contain it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout the collection, not least in two extraordinary sequences - one about his sister, the other about Elizabeth Bishop - the poet sees with new eyes the turning points in a life's accidental course. What holds his wise, touching, melancholy yet joyful poems together are the small intimacies that bind us to others, under time's lengthening shadow: 'you moved too fast for me to catch you \/ and so did the years.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlayful and charming, sometimes rakishly so, \u003ci\u003eAfterburn\u003c\/i\u003e nevertheless reveals an open, and vulnerable, heart.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Distils the insights of a seasoned memoirist into images that linger long after the final page' Julia Copus\u003cbr\u003e'A master of the sonnet . . . I'm taking \u003ci\u003eAfterburn\u003c\/i\u003e to my desert island' Hugo Williams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Skipton, Yorkshire, \u003cb\u003eBlake Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of bestselling memoirs, \u003ci\u003eAnd When Did You Last See Your Father?\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography and the \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e Award for Non-Fiction) and \u003ci\u003eThings My Mother Never Told Me\u003c\/i\u003e. His poetry collections include \u003ci\u003eDark Glasses\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Dylan Thomas and Somerset Maugham prizes, \u003ci\u003ePendle Witches\u003c\/i\u003e, which was illustrated by Paula Rego, and \u003ci\u003eShingle Street\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a novelist, critic, journalist and librettist. He lives in South London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8.48 x 5.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53502480711987,"sku":"9781784746032","price":33.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RJN5I0r0JO9781784746032.webp?v=1781642438","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/afterburn-paperback-8","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}