Jiving with Wasps
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Jiving with Wasps collects selected poems from Rita Ann Higgins's career across twelve books, offering a retrospective that showcases her working-class vernacular voice, humour, and spiky observations on women's lives.
The volume includes both well-known earlier pieces and new poems, giving readers a broad view of her poetic development.
Higgins's conversational, accessible style and use of overheard dialogue make the collection approachable for readers unfamiliar with poetry.
Themes include class, family, sexuality, ageing, and political commentary, often delivered with wit and candidness.
The book functions as both an introduction for new readers and a compendium for long-time fans.
The volume includes both well-known earlier pieces and new poems, giving readers a broad view of her poetic development.
Higgins's conversational, accessible style and use of overheard dialogue make the collection approachable for readers unfamiliar with poetry.
Themes include class, family, sexuality, ageing, and political commentary, often delivered with wit and candidness.
The book functions as both an introduction for new readers and a compendium for long-time fans.
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