{"product_id":"punk-rock-is-cool-for-the-end-of-the-world-poems-and-notebooks-of-ed-smith-paperback","title":"Punk Rock Is Cool for the End of the World: Poems and Notebooks of Ed Smith - 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\u003eEd Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Trinidad\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe irreverent, tweetable, ludicrous, painful, wondrous work of the L.A. punk poet--widely available for the first time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePunk Rock Is Cool for the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, David Trinidad brings together a comprehensive selection of Ed Smith's work: his published books; unpublished poems; excerpts from his extensive notebooks; photos and ephemera; and his timely \"cry for civilization,\" \"Return to Lesbos\" put down that gun \/ stop electing Presidents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd Smith blazed onto the Los Angeles poetry scene in the early 1980s from out of the hardcore punk scene. The charismatic, nerdy young man hit home with his funny\/scary off-the-cuff-sounding poems, like \"Fishing\" This is a good line. \/ This is a bad line. This is a fishing line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd's vibrant \"gang\" of writer and artist friends--among them Amy Gerstler, Dennis Cooper, Bob Flanagan, Mike Kelley, and David Trinidad--congregated at Beyond Baroque in Venice, on LA's west side. They read and partied and performed together, and shared and published each others' work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd was more than bright and versatile: he worked as a math tutor, an animator, and a typesetter. In the mid-1990s, he fell in love with Japanese artist Mio Shirai; they married and moved to New York City. Despite productive years and joyful times, Ed was plagued by mood disorders and drug problems, and at the age of forty-eight, he took his own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd Smith's poems speak to living in an increasingly dehumanizing consumer society and corrupt political system. This \"punk Dorothy Parker\" is more relevant than ever for our ADD, technology-distracted times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Smith (1957-2005)\u003c\/b\u003e was a poet involved in the punk and alternative arts scenes in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. His books were \u003ci\u003eFantasyworld\u003c\/i\u003e (1983) and \u003ci\u003eTim's Bunnies\u003c\/i\u003e (1988). His poems appeared in \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSt. Mark's Poetry Project Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. Smith also worked as an animator on Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Trinidad\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than twenty books of poetry, collabora-tions, and edited volumes. These include \u003ci\u003eSwinging on a Star \u003c\/i\u003e(2017), \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Past Life \u003c\/i\u003e(2016), \u003ci\u003eDear Prudence: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and \u003ci\u003ePlasticville\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), finalist for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Trinidad is editor of \u003ci\u003eA Fast Life: The Collected Poems of Tim Dlugos\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), which won a Lambda Literary Award. He is a professor of poetry in the English and Creative Writing Department at Columbia College, Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.5 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335911870701,"sku":"9781885983671","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/punk-rock-is-cool-for-the-end-of-the-world-poems-and-notebooks-of-ed-smith-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}