{"product_id":"all-things-depending-brendan-mulcahy-9781789635492","title":"All Things Depending","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt a time when move fast and break things has been a vogue exhortation, Brendan Mulcahy's new collection \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll Things Depending\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e proposes patience, compassion, irony and an appreciation of the interconnectedness of things. It favours honest doubt over a false, chain-saw-wielding certainty. Here are poems of the tennis court and the political arena, of family and travel, with a backdrop of global literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe keynote sounded is contingency. The aligned swans on the cover photograph are there by happenstance. But there is abundant lightness of tone amongst the reflective moments. Section 2 opens with a cheeky citing of Keats' support in not taking things too seriously: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeats wasn't much of an activist, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elife being short and sad;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut he always got the poems done, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Eve, the Urn and that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brendan Mulcahy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789635497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789635492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Choir Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Brendan Mulcahy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442934952191,"sku":"9781789635492","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d00cadb-7bf9-4140-bc57-a79ac449f1c0.jpg?v=1777200732","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/all-things-depending-brendan-mulcahy-9781789635492","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}