{"product_id":"12-28-2021-shoulder-tap-by-maurice-riordan","title":"Riordan, Maurice: Shoulder Tap","description":"\u003cp\u003eFaber \u0026amp; Faber, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: December 28, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: Riordan's fifth collection of poems is both a dark art and an illuminating interrogation of contemporary anxiety and desire.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMaurice Riordan’s keenly anticipated new collection continues his agile exploration of time, both in its depredations and rewards, while also bringing a sceptical, enquiring intelligence to bear on the anxieties and vanities of our age. Here we have disquieting songs of a mutable self; a projected online deathbed confession; the soul haranguing the body; while encounters with ghostly feet and tongues of fire consort with riffs on Baudelaire, Rilke and Old English. These poems pulse with mischief and macabre humor, making for a pungent and haunting read. With this book, Riordan – a poet whose subtle, rippling influence is felt by all in his wake – affirms the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e’s assessment of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Water Stealer\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) as \"strong, wise and enduring\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39362538831895,"sku":"9780571367115","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/shoulder.gif?v=1628723101","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/12-28-2021-shoulder-tap-by-maurice-riordan","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}