{"product_id":"9781772140538","title":"Ignite","description":"A finalist for the\u0026amp;nbspAlfred G. Bailey Prize,\u0026amp;nbspIgnite\u0026amp;nbspis a collection of elegiac and experimental poetry powder-kegged with questions about one man's lifelong struggle with schizophrenia. Born into a strict Mennonite family, Abe Spenst's mental illness spanned three decades in and out of mental institutions where he underwent electric shock treatment and coma-induced insulin therapy. Merging memory and medical records, Kevin Spenst recreates his father's life through a cuckoo's nest of styles that both stand as witness and waltz to the interplay between memory, emotion and all our forms of becoming.   Praise for Ignite:  \"...  with a fearless layering of voice,\u0026amp;nbspIgnite\u0026amp;nbspis upfront and unswerving. A novel-esque torrent tracing a troubling history of illness, part confrontation and part chronicle, this collection is daring with its dark narrative. Here is a willingness for, and enviable strength in, extending poetic range.\u0026amp;nbspIgnite\u0026amp;nbspheals and ascends. There are books that need to be written and this is one of them. This is a collection which gives more and more with every read.\"\u0026amp;nbsp(Sandra Ridley, judge, Alfred G. Bailey prize)  \"An outstanding follow-up to Spenst's excellent first collection. (Winnipeg Free Press)\"   A selection of poems from Ignite won the Lush Triumphant Award for Poetry.","brand":"Anvil Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65434425983325,"sku":null,"price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781772140538.jpg?v=1789285855","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9781772140538","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}