{"title":"Sophie Mayer","description":"Sophie Mayer is a UK-based writer, editor, blogger and educator with a passionate commitment to arts and social justice. She works with non-profit organisations English PEN and MRG and is published by independent presses Salt, Shearsman and Wallflower. A commissioning editor for queer literary magazine Chroma, she is also a film journalist for \u003cem\u003eSight \u0026amp; Sound\u003c\/em\u003e, focusing on independent, experimental, and world films and film culture. ","products":[{"product_id":"stress-fractures-essays-on-poetry","title":"Stress Fractures: Essays on Poetry","description":"Where can the poem go in the age of the supercomputer? Why is poetry taught so badly at school? What do Wordsworth, Byron and British rapper Roots Manuva have in common? Would Emily Dickinson have watched vampire series \u003ci\u003eTwilight\u003c\/i\u003e? Is slam poetry any good, and what is “postavant” anyway? These are just some of the questions posed in \u003ci\u003eStress Fractures\u003c\/i\u003e, a new and wide-ranging collection of essays on the future of poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Good news for poetry.”\u003cbr\u003eRichard Morrison, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e on Penned in the Margins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Chivers\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1983 in south London. A writer, editor and promoter of poetry, his publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Terrors\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and \u003ci\u003eHow To Build A City\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). A winner of the inaugural Crashaw Prize, he is Associate Editor of \u003ci\u003eTears in the Fence\u003c\/i\u003e, was Poet in Residence at The Bishopsgate Institute, London, and has appeared on BBC Radio 3 and 4. Tom is Director of Penned in the Margins and Co-Director of the London Word Festival.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penned in the Margins","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041084112,"sku":"9780956546715","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_21440d35-9e14-4566-b0f4-a74310836a69.jpeg?v=1752237656"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/sophie-mayer\/luke-kennard.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}