{"product_id":"whip-hot-grippy-9781780374673","title":"Whip-Hot \u0026 Grippy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Heather Phillipson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhip-hot \u0026amp; Grippy is a collection of possibilities in a state of emergency. In the first part, a series of long-form and sequenced poems augment various states of being divided\/plural in attempts to activate unauthorised directions. Disrupted tangents are punctuated by recurring muzak, advertising-speak, sex scenes, terrorism, broadcast media, consumption-anxiety, protest, human-animal relations and cosmic departures. Throughout, informed discontent and humour act as drivers of dissent, mining conceptual complexity and testing poetry's combustible potential. The book culminates in 'more flinching', a multi-part poem first published and freely distributed in an exhibition. Merging the news of a military dog, shot in service, with the death of a pet dog, it collapses images with bodies and politics with intimacies, enacting failed attempts to navigate practical and emotional entanglements. Whip-Hot \u0026amp; Grippy is Heather Phillipson's second collection, following her highly praised debut, Instant-flex 718, published in 2013. As well as being an award-winning poet, she is an internally renowned artist whose sculpture, 'The End', was installed on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloodaxe Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999543771287,"sku":"9781780374673","price":883.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781780374673.webp?v=1783600985","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/whip-hot-grippy-9781780374673","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}