{"product_id":"dumbiedykes-road-and-other-collected-poems-9798273160460","title":"Dumbiedykes Road: and Other Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James Wood\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthologies (multiple authors)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDumbiedykes Road: and Other Collected Poems\u003c\/b\u003e is the debut poetry collection from London-based playwright \u003cb\u003eJames Wood\u003c\/b\u003e, whose works include \u003ci\u003eIndependence Day, Marin County\u003c\/i\u003e (The Old Court Theatre, Windsor, 2024), \u003ci\u003eThe Wolves of Saint Matthew's\u003c\/i\u003e (Camden, Waterloo and Clapham, 2025), and \u003ci\u003eProve It All Night!\u003c\/i\u003e (commissioned by London's largest short-play festival for a five-night run at Battersea Power Station, 2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection, Wood's dramaturgical precision becomes poetic electricity. The book spans a vast emotional terrain: from the political firestorm of \u003cb\u003e\"Fire\"\u003c\/b\u003e and the darkly comic bite of \u003cb\u003e\"Let's Talk About It,\"\u003c\/b\u003e to the gentle tenderness of \u003cb\u003e\"Anna,\"\u003c\/b\u003e the aching nostalgia of \u003cb\u003e\"We Grew Up on the Edge of England,\"\u003c\/b\u003e and the cinematic grief of \u003cb\u003e\"Jackson's Bar.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders drift through the quiet heartbreak of \u003cb\u003e\"Friday After Work, By the River,\"\u003c\/b\u003e the smoky Southern stillness of \u003cb\u003e\"Appalachia,\"\u003c\/b\u003e the neon suburban haze of \u003cb\u003e\"Ealing Broadway, 2:06am,\"\u003c\/b\u003e and the haunting silence of \u003cb\u003e\"The Quietest Town in Mississippi.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThreaded with themes of \u003cb\u003eplace, class, love, memory, and outrage\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDumbiedykes Road\u003c\/i\u003e offers a portrait of the world that is unflinching yet full of warmth. Wood captures the world as it is felt: messy, political, hopeful, mundane, tragic, miraculous - always human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection for anyone who has worked hard, loved deeply, lost badly, and kept going anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47593968992407,"sku":"9798273160460","price":1238.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798273160460.webp?v=1774984178","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dumbiedykes-road-and-other-collected-poems-9798273160460","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}