{"product_id":"maryville","title":"Maryville","description":"LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTIONA POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION'Taylor's poetry is as dangerous as it is dexterous . . . A wildfire blazing free' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'Kaleidoscopic in its breath, structure and humanity . . . Both selfless and intimate' ANTHONY JOSEPH-----------------------------------------------------From the T. S. Eliot and Polari Prize-winning author of C+NTO \u0026amp; Othered Poems comes an innovative collection exploring the scars, hopes and potentialities of dyke counterculture and the queer underground.   With a vividly sketched cast of characters, award-winning poet Joelle Taylor uses the Maryville butch bar as a lens through which to consider the underground histories of queer London. The violence and pain of oppression and the beauty and intimacy of community are rendered in awe-inspiring high definition in a collection as filmic as it is familiar. A hybrid chronicle, magic trick, prayer and insurrection, Maryville conjures ghosts back to their bodies, a community to their feet.   -----------------------------------------------------'Sexy, fearless – and ravishingly beautiful' NEIL BARTLETT'One of the most powerful voices of our time . . . Joelle Taylor is a genius' CACONRAD","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57536459637109,"sku":"9781037200809","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781037200809.jpg?v=1788186274","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/maryville","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}