{"title":"Roy Fisher","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoy Fisher's work offers a distinctive blend of poetry and prose that invites readers into the heart of Arts \u0026amp; Culture. His writing is known for its experimental spirit and deep engagement with language, often reflecting on place, memory, and perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough titles like \u003cem\u003eThe Long and the Short of It\u003c\/em\u003e, Fisher explores the boundaries between the visual and the verbal, crafting pieces that challenge and enrich the reader’s experience of contemporary literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-long-and-the-short-of-it-by-roy-fisher-9781852249595","title":"The Long and the Short of It","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new expanded edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Long and the Short of It\u003c\/em\u003e covers 55 years of Roy Fisher's poetry. Playing the language, pleasuring the imagination and teasing the senses, Fisher's witty, inventive and anarchic poetry has given lasting delight to his many dedicated readers for over half a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChoosing this book on \"Desert Island Discs\", Ian McMillan praised Fisher as \"Britain's greatest living poet\". \u003cem\u003eThe Long and the Short of It\u003c\/em\u003e draws on the entire range of Fisher's work, from its fraught beginnings in the 1950s through major texts of the 1960s and 1970s like \u003cem\u003eCity\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Ship's Orchestra\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWonders of Obligation\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eA Furnace\u003c\/em\u003e, his 1980s masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes later work set in the scarred and beautiful North Midlands landscape where he has lived for the past 30 years, notably the Costa-shortlisted \u003cem\u003eStandard Midland\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), which has been added to this expanded edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599622684908,"sku":"9781852249595","price":83.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/675b14b4dbc86ae8fc1b200c7d42a7c0.jpg?v=1778021963"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/roy-fisher.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}