{"product_id":"appetite-aaron-smith-9780822962199","title":"Appetite","description":"\u003ci\u003eAppetite\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that explores our American Mythologies, particularly masculinity and film. Smith investigates our fascinations with the body, gender, and entertainment in poems that are critically observant, darkly funny, darkly angry, and, sometimes, heartbreaking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether he is cataloging shirtless men in films and bad television, lyricizing the anxieties of childhood, or redrawing the lines of cultural membership, \u003ci\u003eAppetite\u003c\/i\u003e attacks its subjects with wit, candor, and compassionate intensity. These poems announce their presence with a style that is as beautifully wrought as it is provocative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the America of \u003ci\u003eAppetite\u003c\/i\u003e, the usual hierarchies are obliterated: the disposable is as valuable as the traditional, pop culture is on the same level as the sacred, and the pleasurable simultaneity of past and present are found in high art and the tabloid. Smith's work engages our contemporary moment and how we want to think of ourselves, while nodding to rich poetic, cultural, and personal histories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822962195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822962199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Triangle Awards - Finalist","brand":"Aaron Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926547759359,"sku":"9780822962199","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_706de3d9-5db7-4944-b1e2-56748a25e628.jpg?v=1681083680","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/appetite-aaron-smith-9780822962199","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}