Jiving with Wasps: New & Selected Poems by Rita Ann Higgins - Book featuring provocative and heart-warming poems by an anarchic chronicler of Irish lives.
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Discover the captivating world of Rita Ann Higgins with Jiving with Wasps New & Selected Poems. This comprehensive collection gathers remarkable works spanning four decades of her prolific career, drawing from a dozen published books of poetry. From her debut Goddess on the Mervue Bus in 1986 to the most recent publication, The Long Weekend in 2024, this volume offers a rich tapestry of her literary journey. Additionally, readers will find a selection of brand-new poems making their debut within these pages, providing fresh insights into her evolving voice. Jiving with Wasps presents a collection of provocative and heartwarming poems that explore both lighthearted moments and profound social commentary. Higgins is celebrated as a gutsy and anarchic chronicler of Irish life and its unique foibles. Her work is defiantly mischievous and playfully subversive, embodying the spirit of an irreverent iconoclast. Her popularity has grown significantly, partly due to her frequent and engaging appearances on RTÉ's Brendan O'Connor Show, where she has been described as "the people's poet," "magic," and "a one-off." This retrospective not only includes substantial selections from her earlier Bloodaxe retrospectives, Sunny Side Plucked (1996) and Throw in the Vowels (2005), but also incorporates poems from her later collections such as Ireland Is Changing Mother (2011) and Tongulish (2016) published by Bloodaxe. It also features poems from her Salmon publications, including Hurting God (2010), Our Killer City (2018), and Pathogens Love a Patsy (2020), as well as The Long Weekend (Gill, 2024). The book also proudly includes a generous offering of new poems that have never been previously collected, making this an essential addition for any admirer of Rita Ann Higgins' distinctive poetic style. The product is priced at €18.75 and is dispatched within 1-2 working days, with a 30-day return policy. Free delivery is available on orders over €49.95.
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Jiving with Wasps: New & Selected Poems by Rita Ann Higgins - Book featuring provocative and heart-warming poems by an anarchic chronicler of Irish lives. is a product, currently listed by 2 Irish retailers on GetLocal (2 offers in total). Prices range from €18.99 to €23.06 depending on retailer.
Retailers commonly describe it as: poetry collection, irish literature, selected poems and retrospective.
It can be bought from local retailers in Cork and Tipperary, and is currently marked in stock by at least one seller.
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- Poetry collection, Irish literature, Selected poems, Retrospective
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It is currently listed by 2 Irish retailers on GetLocal, with 2 offers in total.
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