{"title":"Series: Granta Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGranta Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e offers an evocative blend of voices that traverse the emotional landscapes of contemporary life. This series invites readers into a world where language is both precise and expansive, crafting verses that explore the depths of human experience with subtlety and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in rich literary tradition yet refreshingly modern, these collections intertwine reflections on personal and societal themes. 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Patrick's subversive and distinct poetic manoeuvres through a marriage and a subsequent divorce, nature writing and 20th Century literary figures with agility, delicacy, candour, and humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy turns both innovative and empathetic, \u003cem\u003eThree Births\u003c\/em\u003e documents the absurdity of obsessive desires, giving room to states of flux and flow in the body, relationships, ecology and place. 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