{"product_id":"08-09-2022-outlandish-by-jo-clement","title":"Clement, Jo: Outlandish","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBloodaxe Books, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date: August 9, 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJo Clement's first collection confronts Romantic impressions of British Gypsy or Roma ethnicity and lyrically lays them to rest. From Wordsworth to TV's \u003cem\u003eTop Gear\u003c\/em\u003e, her poems invite us to consider notions of otherness, trespass, and craft. She steps between ancient stopping places and mardy council estates to trill elegiac Romanes, English, and birdsong about witches, wild camping, and Silver Cross prams. Compelled by a brutal Roma diasporic legacy, \u003cem\u003eOutlandish\u003c\/em\u003e tenderly praises the poem-as-protest and illuminates a hidden and threatened culture. Born in Darlington in 1986, Jo Clement received a scholarship to gain a PhD in Creative Writing at Newcastle University. She has published two pamphlets, including \u003cem\u003eMoveable Type\u003c\/em\u003e (2020). She is a lecturer in Creative Writing at Northumbria University, Editor of \u003cem\u003eButcher’s Dog\u003c\/em\u003e poetry magazine, and founded the imprint Wagtail with support from the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39435785338903,"sku":"9781780376141","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/9781780376141_daf8b.jpg?v=1635466842","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/08-09-2022-outlandish-by-jo-clement","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}