{"product_id":"ominous-music-intensifying-paperback-by-alexandra-teague","title":"Ominous Music Intensifying Paperback by Alexandra Teague","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePersea Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2024-10-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e80\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780892556069\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e175.77\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e22.81 x 17.78 x 0.81\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Teague's fourth collection of poems deepens her ongoing inquiry into American optimism, disillusionment, and violence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn poems that bring together traditional American patriotic songs and current American horrors—and in which Yeats' famous apocalyptic figure of the Rough Beast takes a painting class, wears a spacesuit, and listens to public service announcements—\u003ci\u003e[ominous music intensifying]\u003c\/i\u003e takes on the too-muchness of contemporary, apocalypse-prone America with humor, conscience, and the occasional fiddle duel. In this fourth book of poetry, Alexandra Teague expands her subject matter to include chronic pain, generational poverty, and what it means to stay safe—physically and psychologically. Her new poems are reckonings with sexism and dental trauma, Mitch McConnell and UFOs, torture devices and sad clown paintings—and with some of the most urgent crises of our time: gun violence, pandemics, and climate change.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Teague\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two previous books of poetry—\u003ci\u003eMortal Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of Persea’s 2009 Lexi Rudnitsky Prize and the 2010 California Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wise and Foolish Builders\u003c\/i\u003e—and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Principles Behind Flotation\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also co-editor of \u003ci\u003eBullets into Bells: Poets and Citizens Respond to Gun Violence\u003c\/i\u003e. A former Stegner Fellow and National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, Alexandra is a professor at University of Idaho\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555409186977,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780892556069","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780892556069.jpg?v=1781786282","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/ominous-music-intensifying-paperback-by-alexandra-teague","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}