{"product_id":"the-grand-minima-9781917788403","title":"The Grand Minima","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanley Todd Swift, born in Montreal, Canada, in 1966, was named after his British granddad, Stanley Swift, and Todd, the character from the TV show\u003cem\u003eRoute 66\u003c\/em\u003e. He was a 2017-2018 Visiting Scholar at Pembroke College, Cambridge, as the Writer-in-residence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has had over twenty collections of his own poetry published by presses in Canada, the US, Ireland, and the UK. Mentored by A. Alvarez in London, he considers himself a confessional poet. He has a PhD in creative and critical writing from the UEA, where his supervisors included George Szirtes, Denise Riley and Jon Cook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is a book collector, lover of cats, and a keen swimmer. He has many wonderful nieces and nephews, and one godson. He has written over 100 hours of television, including for Paramount, the CBC, Fox, CINAR, Disney, and HBO - and was the series editor for anime cult classic\u003cem\u003eSailor Moon\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Spring Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043249979735,"sku":"9781917788403","price":13.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781917788403.jpg?v=1750957569","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-grand-minima-9781917788403","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}