{"product_id":"threads-laurence-mckeown-9781912561230","title":"Threads","description":"Laurence McKeown almost died in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh\/Maze Prison in the North of Ireland following 70 days on hunger strike in 1981. In later years, he helped facilitate poetry workshops in the prison and co-founded a prisoners' magazine. In this, his debut collection of poems, written both during his incarceration and in subsequent years, he reflects upon his developing political consciousness, exploring themes of politics, family, comradeship, longing, desire, and love. They are not angry poems; unless anger at perceived injustice. They are observations on life, sometimes very humorous, and at other times, very tragic. But throughout, they express hope, a belief in a shared humanity, and the passing of time as seen through the eyes of one person who has lived through conflict and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurence McKeown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912561239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912561230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Salmon Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.50d","brand":"Laurence McKeown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450048098559,"sku":"9781912561230","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d306712-4850-4162-87f0-68ffbba28c7f.jpg?v=1777265998","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/threads-laurence-mckeown-9781912561230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}