{"product_id":"the-men-i-keep-under-alvy-carragher-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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alvy Carragher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912561271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912561278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Salmon Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Alvy Carragher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450048229631,"sku":"9781912561278","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e783c846-e049-4b8d-aa19-f3b02a68454b.jpg?v=1777265998","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-men-i-keep-under-alvy-carragher-9781912561278","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}