{"product_id":"whip-hot-grippy-9781780374673","title":"Whip-hot \u0026 Grippy","description":"Whip-hot \u0026amp; Grippy is a collection of possibilities in a state of emergency. In the first part, a series of long-form and sequenced poems augment various states of being divided\/plural in attempts to activate unauthorised directions. Disrupted tangents are punctuated by recurring muzak, advertising-speak, sex scenes, terrorism, broadcast media, consumption-anxiety, protest, human-animal relations and cosmic departures. Throughout, informed discontent and humour act as drivers of dissent, mining conceptual complexity and testing poetry’s combustible potential. The book culminates in ‘more flinching’, a multi-part poem first published and freely distributed in an exhibition. Merging the news of a military dog, shot in service, with the death of a pet dog, it collapses images with bodies and politics with intimacies, enacting failed attempts to navigate practical and emotional entanglements.\n\nWhip-Hot \u0026amp; Grippy is Heather Phillipson's second collection, following her highly praised debut, Instant-flex 718, published in 2013. As well as being an award-winning poet, she is an internally renowned artist whose sculpture, ‘The End’, was installed on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth in 2020.","brand":"Heather Phillipson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280123277563,"sku":"9781780374673","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781780374673.jpg?v=1772486439","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/whip-hot-grippy-9781780374673","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}