This book of beauty contains one of my poems, nestling happily in the section entitled, 'The Cost'. The poem, Night Letters, comes from a collection I'm working on about a mother who becomes a shopaholic. I'm really interested in that crossover between something we celebrate and even laugh at - shopaholic, chocaholic - and something that's very dark.
There are some gems in this book, which is edited by Jill Foulston, and the mix demonstrates that shopping is always so much more than just buying stuff. Perhaps it's not surprising then that the book starts with this quote from THE LADIES'PARADISE by Emile Zola:
The women reigned supreme. They had taken the shops by storm, camping there, as in a conquered country, like an invading horde, surrounded by the ravaged merchandise...
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