{"product_id":"sky-lounge-9781555973803","title":"Sky Lounge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Bibbins finds damaged glamour at the fringes of respectability in this exceptional debut collection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI was born\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewith capable eyes, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ea moveable heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand time to spare.\u003c\/i\u003e--from \"Euphorium\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his restless and unpredictable debut, Mark Bibbins offers a virtuosic poetry. Lovers struggle to connect; groupies, hustlers, and corporate drones covet better--or at least different--lives; locations fluctuate, without forewarning, from bars to beaches to city streets. With beguiling tonal and formal variety, these poems question the ordinary and unwitting acceptance of the status quo as they hover where \"error arranges itself.\" As indebted to Stereolab and Siouxsie Sioux as to any poetic lineage, \u003ci\u003eSky Lounge\u003c\/i\u003e introduces an imagination committed to making irreverence, sensuality, and elegy into a provocative new music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555973803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.84h x 6.36w x 0.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/21\/2003 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLambda Book Report\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2004 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mark Bibbins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659639550108,"sku":"9781555973803","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0a4a2151-2008-4515-85fd-d4756ce8a84c.jpg?v=1603895185","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sky-lounge-9781555973803","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}