{"product_id":"men-who-feed-pigeons-paperback","title":"Men Who Feed Pigeons - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSelima Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen Who Feed Pigeons \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together seven contrasting but complementary poem sequences by 'this brilliant lyricist of human darkness' (Fiona Sampson) relating to men and different kinds of women's relationships with men. \u003ci\u003eThe Anaesthetist\u003c\/i\u003e is about men at work; \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Man with the Unpronounceable Name\u003c\/i\u003e is about someone else's husband; \u003ci\u003eBilly\u003c\/i\u003e relates to friendship between a man and a woman; \u003ci\u003eBiro\u003c\/i\u003e is about living next door to a mysterious uncle with a dog; \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the Quilted Dressing-gown\u003c\/i\u003e portrays a very particular old man; \u003ci\u003eOrnamental Lakes as Seen from Trains \u003c\/i\u003eis about a woman and a man she's afraid of; while \u003ci\u003eShoebill\u003c\/i\u003e is another sequence about a woman and a man, but quite different from the others. Like all of Selima Hill's work, all seven sequences in this book chart 'extreme experience with a dazzling excess' (Deryn Rees-Jones), with startling humour and surprising combinations of homely and outlandish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelima Hill \u003c\/b\u003egrew up in a family of painters in farms in England and Wales, and has lived in Dorset for the past 40 years. She received a Cholmondeley Award in 1986, and was a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Exeter University in 2003-06. She won first prize in the Arvon International Poetry Competition with part of \u003cem\u003eThe Accumulation of Small Acts of Kindness\u003c\/em\u003e (1989), one of several extended sequences in \u003cem\u003eGloria: Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 2008), which also includes work from \u003cem\u003eSaying Hello at the Station\u003c\/em\u003e (1984), \u003cem\u003eMy Darling Camel\u003c\/em\u003e (1988), \u003cem\u003eA Little Book of Meat\u003c\/em\u003e (1993), \u003cem\u003eAeroplanes of the World\u003c\/em\u003e (1994), \u003cem\u003eViolet\u003c\/em\u003e (1997), \u003cem\u003eBunny\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), \u003cem\u003ePortrait of My Lover as a Horse\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), \u003cem\u003eLou-Lou\u003c\/em\u003e (2004) and \u003cem\u003eRed Roses\u003c\/em\u003e (2006). \u003cem\u003eViolet\u003c\/em\u003e was a Poetry Book Society Choice and was shortlisted for all three of the UK's major poetry prizes, the Forward Prize, T.S. Eliot Prize and Whitbread Poetry Award. \u003cem\u003eBunny\u003c\/em\u003e won the Whitbread Poetry Award, was a Poetry Book Society Choice and was also shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. \u003cem\u003eLou-Lou\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Hat\u003c\/em\u003e were Poetry Book Society Recommendations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer most recent collections from Bloodaxe are \u003cem\u003eThe Hat\u003c\/em\u003e (2008); \u003cem\u003eFruitcake\u003c\/em\u003e (2009); \u003cem\u003ePeople Who Like Meatballs\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), shortlisted for both the Forward Poetry Prize and the Costa Poetry Award; \u003cem\u003eThe Sparkling Jewel of Naturism\u003c\/em\u003e (2014); \u003cem\u003eJutland\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation which was shortlisted for the 2015 T.S. Eliot Prize and was earlier shortlisted for the Roehampton Poetry Prize; \u003cem\u003eThe Magnitude of My Sublime Existence\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), shortlisted for the Roehampton Poetry Prize 2017; \u003cem\u003eSplash like Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e (2017); \u003cem\u003eI May Be Stupid But I'm Not That Stupid\u003c\/em\u003e (2019); and \u003cem\u003eMen Who Feed Pigeons\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), shortlisted for the 2021 Forward Prize for Best Collection, the 2021 T.S. Eliot Prize, and the Rathbones Folio Prize 2022. Her 21st book of poetry, \u003cem\u003e Women in Comfortable Shoes\u003c\/em\u003e, is published by Bloodaxe in June 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelima Hill has been named winner of The King's Gold Medal for Poetry, 2022. The award is being made on the basis of her body of work, with special recognition for her 2008 Bloodaxe Books retrospective \u003cem\u003eGloria: Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351599792377,"sku":"9781780375861","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/YzVEQnk4TWdkbjZWVWxlb0EyeDNGdz09.webp?v=1769800612","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/men-who-feed-pigeons-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}