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The Stuntman: Poems
Brian Laidlaw
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Description for The Stuntman: Poems
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180.
"THE EARTH BROKE OPEN CAUSE WE BROKE IT OPEN," blares the first line of this enrapturing debut collection mapping the myth of Narcissus and Echo and the Iron Range roots of Bob Dylan onto a world growing increasingly self-obsessed. Against the backdrop of the mining town of Hibbing, Minnesota, Brian Laidlaw examines the ways narcissism has flooded culture. Much like a "hawk has a horizontal sweet spot on its retina / for spotting prey on the prairie," the speaker of these poems "has a narcissus / shaped sweet spot / all the better to spot himself." The volume comes ... Read more
"THE EARTH BROKE OPEN CAUSE WE BROKE IT OPEN," blares the first line of this enrapturing debut collection mapping the myth of Narcissus and Echo and the Iron Range roots of Bob Dylan onto a world growing increasingly self-obsessed. Against the backdrop of the mining town of Hibbing, Minnesota, Brian Laidlaw examines the ways narcissism has flooded culture. Much like a "hawk has a horizontal sweet spot on its retina / for spotting prey on the prairie," the speaker of these poems "has a narcissus / shaped sweet spot / all the better to spot himself." The volume comes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
Minneapolis, United States
ISBN
9781571314642
SKU
V9781571314642
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Reviews for The Stuntman: Poems
"Reveals Laidlaw's unique talent in deadpan, witty poems that flash with plangent images and macabre moments."
Star Tribune "In this gorgeous debut, Laidlaw takes what's common and small and stronger than it knows and bids it sing."
Chris Martin, author of American Music "The Stuntman is a dazzling first book: an all-night thrill revival, a jamboree of ecstatic yawps."
Alex Lemon, ... Read more
Star Tribune "In this gorgeous debut, Laidlaw takes what's common and small and stronger than it knows and bids it sing."
Chris Martin, author of American Music "The Stuntman is a dazzling first book: an all-night thrill revival, a jamboree of ecstatic yawps."
Alex Lemon, ... Read more