{"product_id":"the-threadbare-coat-selected-poems-paperback","title":"The Threadbare Coat: Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Welton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eThomas a. Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Scottish Poetry Book of the Year 2021. Longlisted for the Laurel Prize 2021. A Telegraph Book of the Year 2020. This Selected Poems celebrates Scotland's most distinctive contemporary writer - a vivid minimalist, ruralist and experimentalist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Welton's\u003c\/b\u003e poems take a playful approach to language and often blur the boundaries between poetry and other forms, such as fiction, music, and visual art. His three previous Carcanet books are: \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Matthew \u003c\/i\u003e(2003), \u003ci\u003eWe needed coffee but... \u003c\/i\u003e(2009), and \u003ci\u003eThe Number Poems \u003c\/i\u003e(2016). Matthew Welton was born in Nottingham, lives in Nottingham, and teaches creative writing at the University of Nottingham. \u003cb\u003eThomas A. Clark \u003c\/b\u003elives in the small fishing village of Pittenweem, an the east coast of Scotland. He has published four previous collections of poetry, and numerous small books and cards with his own Moschatel Press. In the summer months, with the artist Laurie Clark, he runs Cairn, a project space for minimal and conceptual art (www.cairneditions.co.uk). Thomas A. Clark's work often appears as installations or interventions in galleries, public spaces, or in the landscape. A large collection of such work has been installed throughout New Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696905654335,"sku":"9781784109981","price":25.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8fc63c44403ba5ddadc0b1649704dfc2.webp?v=1765007732","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-threadbare-coat-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}