{"product_id":"the-men-i-keep-under-my-bed-9781912561278","title":"The Men I Keep Under My Bed","description":"\"it's not very feminist to consider myself a mouldy slut\u003cbr\u003eI've agency over my body and all that 21st-century shite\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young woman wakes feeling raw and tender after a one-night stand. She leaves a strange man sleeping in her bed and goes running. Marked by the anxiety of living in a city that does not feel like home, she must face the memories and men kept under her bed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Alvy Carragher's poetry: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The deliberate and considered syntax and artful pacing unfolds a self, not just a situation.\" -- EAVAN BOLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A skilful and sensitive poet who possesses a high degree of psychological insight and tact, and her portrayal of the emotional undercurrents between people is at the same time forceful and subtle.\" -- EVA BOURKE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Carragher makes art that transcends the particular to find and describe truth and beauty in apparently broken things.\" -- ELEANOR HOOKER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Carragher is, in short, a real writer. Her words tend to stick with you, partly because she always has a real story to tell.\" -- KEVIN HIGGINS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A moving study of big poetic subjects such as family, difficult relationships and loss, and while such themes have been explored by many poets, Alvy brings to it a freshness that is totally hers. In a voice that is natural and without sentimentality, it carries a lovely musicality and holds its own on the page.\" -- GERALDINE MILLS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Salmon Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912561278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 5.92w x 0.40d","brand":"Alvy Carragher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52491394941109,"sku":"9781912561278","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cf25da71-a883-47dd-b8b2-029f8ead0820.jpg?v=1777996112","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-men-i-keep-under-my-bed-9781912561278","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}