{"product_id":"the-resurrectionists-paperback","title":"The Resurrectionists - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Challis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe living and the dead are working side by side in John Challis's dramatic debut collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Resurrectionists\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Whether in London's veg and meat markets, far below the Dartford Crossing, or on the edge of the Western world, these poems journey into a buried and sometimes violent landscape to locate the traces of ourselves that remain. Amidst the political disquiet rising from the groundwater, or the unearthing of the class divide at the gravesides of plague victims, the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest when a child is born, and something close to hope for the future is resurrected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in London in 1984, John Challis is the author of the pamphlet, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Cab\u003c\/i\u003e (Poetry Salzburg, 2017), a 2019 New Writing North Read Regional title, and is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and a Northern Writers' Award. In 2015 he was a poet-in-residence with the Northern Poetry Library and chosen as one of the Poetry Trust's Aldeburgh Eight. His poems have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and published in journals including \u003ci\u003eMagma\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe North\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry London\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rialto\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStand\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. John also writes reviews and essays, most recently for \u003ci\u003eWild Court\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePN Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Salzburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e and The Poetry School. He holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Newcastle University, where he currently works as a Research Associate. His first book-length collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Resurrectionists\u003c\/i\u003e, is due from Bloodaxe in 2021. He lives in Whitley Bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699735728191,"sku":"9781780375519","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1bdb92aeb749a42a328f5cf9d2a8a4e7.webp?v=1765014338","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-resurrectionists-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}