{"product_id":"we-play-here-paperback","title":"We Play Here - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDawn Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour female friends navigate the political turbulence of North Belfast in the late 80s in this extraordinary, evocative verse novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Play Here\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of four poem-stories, taking place in an underdeveloped area of Protestant North Belfast in the summer of 1988, against a background of political turbulence during the Troubles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten from the perspectives of four female friends in the months between finishing primary school and starting high school, the girls inhabit an eerie, elemental landscape of normalized violence, poverty and neglect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a lyrical and graceful evocation of working-class girlhood that rings of Elena Ferrante's studies of female friendships in the Neapolitan novels, Didier Eribon's \u003ci\u003eReturning to Reims\u003c\/i\u003e, and Annie Ernaux's \u003ci\u003eThe Years\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a radical approach to girlhood and girl-friendships, the kind of skewered space before an imposition of gender, or before the trappings of gender make themselves strongly known. Innocence is tinged here with a kind of hidden menace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDawn Watson\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer from Belfast. Her poetry pamphlet \u003ci\u003eThe Stack of Owls is Getting Higher\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) is published with The Emma Press. She currently teaches at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen's University, where she is completing her PhD. Her work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and has appeared in literary journals including \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Manchester Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Moth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e. She was selected as one of the 2018 Poetry Ireland Introductions Series poets, is a former national tabloid sub editor of 15 years and lives in Belfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.6 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736571711551,"sku":"9781915051066","price":22.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/869b4984771712da78e13384f9b04f97.webp?v=1765147094","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/we-play-here-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}