{"product_id":"washing-windows-too-irish-women-write-poetry-paperback-softback-9781851323111","title":"Washing Windows Too; Irish Women Write Poetry (Paperback \/ softback) 9781851323111","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWashing Windows Too\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIrish Women Write Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan Hayes (Edited by), Nuala O'Connor (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781851323111\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 January 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e128 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.5 x 12.8 x 0.9 cm, 0.181 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe writers in \u003cem\u003eWashing Windows Too\u003c\/em\u003e have things on their minds that have exploded into that love-urgency that makes writers write. And, just as it should be, few subjects are off limits. A poet may not always love her inspirational material, but those here revere the act of writing so much that honing their ideas, visions, and insights into poem-shaped, concrete objects has become crucial. A poem can be a path into the deepest, purest self, and back out again—through the very act of writing—to a calmer, less frenetic place. Because poets deal with issues that concern them - universal truths, often—certain themes emerge, as they do in all anthologies. In Washing Windows Too, particular groupings of motifs recur and these include birth and motherhood; child-love and empty nests; migration and refugees; women's power and agency; bodies, the male gaze, and violence; nature and its beauties; art, creation, and the act of writing itself; uneasy relationships; politics; health and illness; and grief and death. And, because we are living in the early twenty-twenties, the pandemic naturally features in some poems. This book reached No 3 in the Irish bestseller charts—an historic achievement.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Arlen House","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656113385752,"sku":"9781851323111","price":14.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/washing-windows-too-irish-women-write-poetry-paperback-softback-9781851323111","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}