{"product_id":"returns-john-welch-9781848619326","title":"Returns","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Welch's new book, his fourteenth since his first full length collection appeared in 1984, is writing that reflects on the strangeness of continuing to make poems 'Like a ball \/ thrown from an empty hand.' There is the recurring sense of 'an absence \/ embellished in the text' carrying on 'until It was \/ the page that silenced him'. Along with this there is the expression of an intermittent feeling of ambivalence regarding the 'business' of being a poet, the 'life of it'. Other work in the collection is declarative and of a more direct address.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrevious comments on John Welch's work: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"John Welch has been a significant figure since the early seventies, and deserves acclaim. His own aptly named Many Press has published numerous well-designed pamphlets... For my money, \u003cem\u003e Out Walking\u003c\/em\u003e is the finest volume Anvil have produced.\" -James Keery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No Flash effects, no random scramblings, no posturing, nothing sly or trivial. Writing as if your life depended on it.\" -Peter Hughes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His poems resist easy closure... Readers of contemporary poetry who value the art as an expression of the processes of thought, perception and feeling will find much that is compelling.\" -James Sutherland-Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Welch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848619324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848619326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.19d","brand":"John Welch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46094340423935,"sku":"9781848619326","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52831bb6-3c8f-4934-a426-ba37ab44b1b0.jpg?v=1724844371","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/returns-john-welch-9781848619326","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}