{"product_id":"richard-scott-that-broke-into-shining-crystals-2025-paperback","title":"Richard Scott: That Broke into Shining Crystals [2025] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReverberating with risk, this collection negotiates the darkness of injury, the potency and pain of revelation, and agency as song.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor years I had no sound but his sweetness, his lye. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThus I go slow. I song last. Least. The lower.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat which I had nor sound I may still song. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrauma and vulnerability - violation and its aftershock - are explored within a framework of self-determination and radical queerness in Richard Scott's second collection. In three distinct yet interlocking parts, he documents what it is to have survived 'seismic assaults, the buried silences'. This is first pursued through still-life paintings, controlled arrangements in which time is frozen. In 'Coy', the lexicon of Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress' is repurposed to enact the collapse of language under the strain of description, punctuated by scalding direct statement. In the luminous title sequence, crystals and gemstones evoke themes of fracture and fixative, demonstrating Scott's power as a poet who casts an uncompromising but ultimately uplifting light. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A luminous, uneasily beautiful set of poems.' Rebecca Tamas, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e (Best Recent Poetry roundup)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSoho\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Scott's project is as political as it is personal, and the kaleidoscopic picture of contemporary queerness he builds through these poems is as urgent as it is alluring.' A. K. Blakemore, \u003ci\u003ePoetry London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With his electric \u003ci\u003eSoho\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Scott has arrived like a lightning bolt in our midst. In poetry that moves so fast we're left breathless, this is protean, irreverent, urgent work.' Sinead Morrissey, T. S. Eliot Prize judge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Richard Scott's \u003ci\u003eSoho\u003c\/i\u003e is the most gripping portrayal of queer lives I've read so far.' Daljit Nagra, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scott, Richard","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53111971414355,"sku":"9780571391318","price":18.56,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":53111971381587,"sku":"XV80571391318","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/scott-richard-richard-scott-that-broke-into-shining-crystals-2025-paperback-1223839429.jpg?v=1772046613","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/richard-scott-that-broke-into-shining-crystals-2025-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}