{"product_id":"a-finger-in-derek-jarmans-mouth","title":"A Finger in Derek Jarman's Mouth","description":"\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by cyanotype impressions, a finger in derek jarman’s mouth is a poetic tribute to Jarman’s inspiring legacy spun from the multi-coloured threads of his extraordinary life – writer, artist, queer and AIDS activist, designer, filmmaker, and gardener.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter his diagnosis Jarman bought Prospect Cottage, facing Dungeness nuclear power station, where he created a beautiful garden in the harshest of environments. Unashamed of his HIV status, Jarman died of AIDS-related illness on the 19 February 1994, aged 52.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimon Maddrell is a queer Manx poet thriving with HIV in Brighton \u0026amp; Hove. They are published in twenty anthologies and over eighty publications including Acumen, AMBIT, Butcher’s Dog, Poetry Wales, Stand, The Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian Review, The Moth, The Rialto, Under the Radar. In 2020, Simon’s second pamphlet, Queerfella, jointly-won The Rialto Open Pamphlet Competition. In 2023, Isle of Sin (Polari Press) and The Whole Island (Valley Press) were Poetry Book Society Selections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Idea House 3","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48638369857831,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/0189\/1367\/files\/9781914237195-1.jpg?v=1718209114","url":"https:\/\/shop.walkerart.org\/products\/a-finger-in-derek-jarmans-mouth","provider":"Walker Art Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}