{"product_id":"army-cats-tom-sleigh-9781555975838","title":"Army Cats: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOver by the cemetery next to the CP \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eyou could see them in wild catmint going crazy: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI watched them roll and wriggle, paw it, lick it, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003echew it, leap about, pink tongues stuck out, drooling. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e--from \"Army Cats\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Sleigh's poetry swerves dramatically from the ordinary moment to the onrush of emergency or to the elusive past or to the unexpectedly comic. In \u003ci\u003eArmy Cats\u003c\/i\u003e, Sleigh confronts the more feral aspects of war, journalism, art, and selfhood. Many of these poems are seen as if through the haze after the detonation of a roadside bomb, or while the smoke hasn't yet cleared from history in the making. One poem describes the fallout after a wedding is interrupted by an explosive; still another attempts to re-create the execution of Saddam Hussein as distorted by a cell-phone video recording found on YouTube. This is brilliant new work by one of America's finest and most relevant poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Sleigh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555975836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555975838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.54w x 0.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2011 pg. 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/18\/2011","brand":"Tom Sleigh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078415642879,"sku":"9781555975838","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96205c84-916a-4e1c-ac6a-28f51a12ebcc.jpg?v=1685475381","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/army-cats-tom-sleigh-9781555975838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}