{"product_id":"votive-mess-9781780377155","title":"Votive Mess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eVotive Mess\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of small rebellions against systems of exhaustion and alienation, tracing Welsh poet Nia Davies' efforts to \u003cspan\u003ea lost mother tongue, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ey iaith Gymraeg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eembracing lingual brambles and shabby theatre to assemble fragments gleaned from the rubble of Babel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn these poems, there are love letters drowsy and excessive as well as uncanny happenings on stage and in the woods. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVotive Mess\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is composed out of a tangle of sex, leaf, stumbles on stage, damage, blackberries and dyslexia. There is a discharge of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAwen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, otherwise known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003epoesis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The navel of the dream is inside out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNia Davies'\u003cspan\u003e second collection follows her startling debut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll fours\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, emerging from an immersion in performance and ritual. The poems trace a path through the peaks and troughs of performance, bouncing between enchantment and disenchantment. These works are studies in the altered states of travel, masks, comedy, learning and love. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNia Davies' first full-length collection, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll fours\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 2017), was shortlisted for the Roland Mathias Poetry Award 2018 (Wales Book of the Year Awards) and longlisted for the 2019 Michael Murphy Memorial Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nia Davies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280118657275,"sku":"9781780377155","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781780377155_3327d4b5-6c6b-42d0-b1bf-078376bc0aca.jpg?v=1772486445","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/votive-mess-9781780377155","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}