{"product_id":"jiving-with-wasps-new-selected-poems-9781780377643","title":"Jiving with Wasps: New \u0026 Selected Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJiving with Wasps\u003c\/i\u003e is a new retrospective from Rita Ann Higgins drawing on a dozen books of poetry published over four decades. \u003c\/b\u003eThis new book covers her collections from\u003ci\u003e Goddess on the Mervue Bus\u003c\/i\u003e (1986) to \u003ci\u003eThe Long Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e (2024), in addition to new poems appearing here for the first time. These are provocative and heart-warming poems of high jinks and telling social comment by a gutsy, anarchic chronicler of Irish lives and foibles. Defiantly mischievous, playfully subversive, this irreverent iconoclast has been achieving even wider popularity through her regular appearances on RTÉ's \u003ci\u003eBrendan O'Connor Show\u003c\/i\u003e: \"Rita Ann Higgins is the people's poet. She's magic. She's a one-off.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rita Ann Higgins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780377643","brand":"Bloodaxe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46939956052105,"sku":"9781780377643","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_cd5ba53d-e85d-496e-bcc5-1a696b138117.jpg?v=1781662127","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/jiving-with-wasps-new-selected-poems-9781780377643","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}