{"product_id":"flies-paperback","title":"Flies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Dickman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hilarity 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\u003e\"Reading 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\u003e\"These 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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Dickman: Michael Dickman was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. His debut volume of poetry, The End of the West, appeared in 2009. He has received fellowships from the Michener Center for Writers, the Fine Arts Work Center, and the Vermont Studio Center. His poems appear frequently in The New Yorker, and he teaches poetry at Princeton University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326586622189,"sku":"9781556593772","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/6Uc1f5p79t9781556593772.webp?v=1784865639","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/flies-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}