{"title":"Katrina Naomi","description":"Katrina Naomi was born in Margate and lives in south London.  A Creative \u0026amp; Life Writing MA graduate from Goldsmiths College, she won the Templar Poetry Pamphlet Competition - \u003cem\u003eLunch at the Elephant \u0026amp; Castle\u003c\/em\u003e published in October 2008.","products":[{"product_id":"the-way-the-crocodile-taught-me","title":"The Way the Crocodile Taught Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatrina Naomi\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eThe Way the Crocodile Taught Me\u003c\/em\u003e is the eagerly-awaited second collection by this lively and popular poet. With warmth, flair and a certain ferocious wit, Naomi tears into her subject matter: a childhood fraught with dislocation and violence but also redeemed by more tender memories of a sister and a kindly, although at times comically obtuse, grandmother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the first half we meet the family which also includes: an often glamorous mother, a truly scary stepfather and the sort of relatives where one can expect fistfights to erupt at family weddings. The second half of the book is informed by the tragi-comic events of the first and includes: a bleak hotel, an attempted rape and a description of the sadistic relish with which the Kray twins dispatched their victims. \u003cem\u003eThe Way the Crocodile Taught Me\u003c\/em\u003e will delight people who know Naomi’s work and undoubtedly win new fans for her courageous and unabashedly entertaining poems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seren","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":9574733509,"sku":"9781781723319","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/Seren_-_The_Way_the_Crocodile.jpg?v=1752240374"},{"product_id":"eighty-four-poems-on-male-suicide-vulnerability-grief-and-hope","title":"Eighty Four: Poems on Male Suicide, Vulnerability, Grief and Hope","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEighty Four\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a new anthology of poetry on the subject of male suicide in aid of CALM. Poems have been donated to the collection by Andrew McMillan, Salena Godden, Anthony Anaxogorou, Katrina Naomi, Ian Patterson, Caroline Smith, Carrie Etter, Peter Raynard, Joelle Taylor, while a submissions window yielded many excellent poems on the subject from hitherto unknown poets we are thrilled to have been made aware of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurated by poet\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelen Calcutt\u003c\/strong\u003e, the anthology features a host of male and female voices sharing their experiences of suicide, mental health, or grief – from those who have been on the brink of suicide, to those who have lost a loved one, or been moved more generally by the campaign. 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On each swim, she finds something fresh and invigorating, whether this is an encounter with a bull seal, an insight into the conflict in Palestine, or a realisation about herself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlongside poems exploring the sea in all its mercurial forms – rough and calm, wild and healing – she examines issues of fear, strength and vulnerability. Writing in response to an attempted rape and other experienced attacks, she questions how she can feel safer alone, in a raging sea in winter, in nothing but a swimming costume, than on dry land.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese poems also approach the climate emergency from aslant, offering several new takes on one of the most pressing concerns of our times. 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