{"product_id":"flies-9781556593772","title":"Flies","description":"\u003cp\u003eHilarity transfiguring all that dread, manic overflow of powerful feeling, zero at the bone--\u003ci\u003eFlies\u003c\/i\u003e renders its desolation with singular invention and focus and figuration: the making of these poems makes them exhilarating.--James Laughlin Award citation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading Michael  Dickman] is like stepping out of an overheated apartment building to be met, unexpectedly, by an exhilaratingly chill gust of wind.--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are lithe, seemingly effortless poems, poems whose strange affective power remains even after several readings.--\u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the James Laughlin Award for the best second book by an American poet, \u003ci\u003eFlies\u003c\/i\u003e presents an uncompromising vision of joy and devastating loss through a strict economy of language and an exuberant surrealism. Michael Dickman's poems bring us back to the wonder and violence of childhood, and the desire to connect with a power greater than ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat you want to remember\u003cbr\u003eof the earth\u003cbr\u003eand what you end up\u003cbr\u003eremembering\u003cbr\u003eare often two\u003cbr\u003edifferent things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Dickman\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. His first book of poems, \u003ci\u003eThe End of the West\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 2009 and became the best-selling debut in the history of Copper Canyon Press. His poems appear frequently in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and he teaches poetry at Princeton University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556593772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/17\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2011 pg. 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/17\/2011 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Dickman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42589520036021,"sku":"9781556593772","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_339e458f-9810-4ccd-97ba-aad4a99faab9.jpg?v=1673326411","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/flies-9781556593772","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}