{"product_id":"staying-alive-real-poems-for-unreal-times-9781852245887","title":"Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal Times","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStaying Alive\u003c\/i\u003e is an international anthology of 500 life-affirming poems fired by belief in the human and the spiritual at a time when much in the world feels unreal, inhuman and hollow. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are poems of great personal force connecting our aspirations with our humanity, helping us stay alive to the world and stay true to ourselves. Many people turn to poetry only at unreal times, whether for consolation in loss or affirmation in love, or when facing other extremes and anxieties. \u003ci\u003eStaying Alive\u003c\/i\u003e includes many of the great modern love poems and elegies, but it also shows the power of poetry in celebrating the ordinary miracle, taking you on a journey around many of the different aspects of everyday life explored in poems. A strong poem is not just for crisis. Such a poem is there for all times, helping us face or embrace daily change and disruption. It will also speak to us when nothing seems to be happening, when the poem's importance is in helping us stay alive to the world and stay true to ourselves. \u003ci\u003eS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003etaying Alive\u003c\/i\u003e has reached a wider readership than any other anthology of contemporary poetry. It is a landmark in the history of literary publishing. The first in a series, \u003ci\u003eStaying Alive \u003c\/i\u003ewas followed by a sequel, \u003ci\u003eBeing Alive\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), a companion anthology, \u003ci\u003eBeing Human\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and by a fourth volume, \u003ci\u003eStaying Human: new poems for Staying Alive\u003c\/i\u003e (2020). These anthologies have been welcomed not only by poets but by a wide range of well-known people respected for their work in fields other than poetry - all avid readers of poetry. They want to recommend these books above all other anthologies of contemporary poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Astley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781852245887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Astley\u003c\/b\u003e is editor of Bloodaxe Books, which he founded in 1978. His books include novels, poetry collections and anthologies, most notably those in Bloodaxe's Staying Alive anthology series: \u003ci\u003eStaying Alive\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eBeing Alive\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eBeing Human\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and \u003ci\u003eStaying Human\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation; and three collaborations with Pamela Robertson-Pearce, \u003ci\u003eSoul Food: nourishing poems for starved minds\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and the DVD-books \u003ci\u003eIn Person: 30 Poets\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eIn Person: World Poets \u003c\/i\u003e(2017). He has published two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe End of My Tether \u003c\/i\u003e(2002), which was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sheep Who Changed the World\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). He received an Eric Gregory Award for his poetry, was given a D.Litt from Newcastle University for his work with Bloodaxe Books, and in 2018 was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He also guest-edited a transatlantic all-poetry issue of the American literary journal \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, the first such issue in its 43-year history. He lives in the Tarset Valley of Northumberland, England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Neil Astley \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48363777982621,"sku":"9781852245887","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d04a6fe7-3515-4e96-87d2-4c4812e304a9.jpg?v=1780428917","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/staying-alive-real-poems-for-unreal-times-9781852245887","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}