{"title":"Stevie Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003eStevie Smith’s work invites readers into a unique world of poetry where whimsy and melancholy intertwine. Known for her distinctive voice and unconventional style, her collections reveal a delicate balance between playful narratives and profound emotional insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot Waving but Drowning\u003c\/em\u003e and other selections showcase Smith’s ability to blend the ordinary with the surreal, offering reflections on human vulnerability and resilience. This collection is a subtle yet powerful exploration of the complexities of life through the lens of arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"not-waving-but-drowning-and-other-poems-by-stevie-smith-9780571391615","title":"Not Waving but Drowning and other poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Cheerful, brutal, beautiful! Stevie Smith is the wildest poet of them all.' Nick Cave\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I better say straight out that I am an addict of your poetry, a desperate Smith addict.' Sylvia Plath, writing to Stevie Smith, 1962\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Revolutionary, wild, and fierce.' Ali Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStevie Smith was not only a famous poet in her lifetime but a poet \u003ci\u003ebefore\u003c\/i\u003e her time, a radical eccentric who relished the performance of poetry as sung and spoken word. The poems are distinctly unsentimental as she casts the 'eye of an anarchist' over propriety and convention, finding comedy in the tragic and tragedy in the comic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe asks the questions we don't have the nous or courage to ask, speaking for the lonely, the troubled and the trapped, and for any of us who at one time or another have found ourselves not waving but drowning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46839652614380,"sku":"9780571391615","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5ca91d07d4541b905767fce09367346f.jpg?v=1758652382"},{"product_id":"stevie-smith-a-selection-by-stevie-smith-9780571347704","title":"Stevie Smith: A Selection","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive and welcoming edition draws on the whole of Stevie Smith's output in poetry, prose and drawings from \u003cem\u003eNovel on Yellow Paper\u003c\/em\u003e (1936) to \u003cem\u003eScorpion and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (1972).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHermione Lee's introduction and arrangement bring out the connections between Stevie Smith's different writings, and show us what an extraordinary and original writer she was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe selection is complemented by biographical and textual notes, and forms an attractive introduction to the work of an idiosyncratic English genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598597112044,"sku":"9780571347704","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ee42b6933531b66a5b8cc1bed8263f70.jpg?v=1778037871"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/stevie-smith.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}