{"product_id":"the-clichist-9780889712089","title":"The Clichéist","description":"Amanda Lamarche's debut collection of poetry is a work of imaginative grace and power. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese poems topple the normal hierarchy of everyday concerns, promoting fears unlikely in the normal state of being--the fear of buttons, of dying to the wrong song, of houses built on corners--to the same stage and emotional impact as the more common (perhaps more clich d) fears of car crashes and collapsing bridges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe clever combination of explorations emotional and playful carries on. Technical advice for cutting down trees is juxtaposed with the development of ominous personal overtones. The title sequence takes issue with the easy laying down of language by recasting well-worn sayings: giving them back-stories, situating them in real time and real places, and reinvigorating them by providing each its own individual universe from which to draw meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmanda Lamarche's refreshing poems refuse at all the right moments to take themselves too seriously. They have the amazing ability to make readers shift from out-loud laughter to profound insight in a gasp of breath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nightwood Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889712089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amanda LaMarche","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43378273878197,"sku":"9780889712089","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bb295546-0115-496a-a525-d37d4aa32888.jpg?v=1701752079","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-clichist-9780889712089","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}