{"product_id":"bad-poetry-night-e-christopher-clark-9781952044045","title":"Bad Poetry Night","description":"\u003cb\u003eInspired by a series of themed open-mic nights from his college days, a novelist drops his first collection of poems.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1990s, the late, great Bradford College put on a series of \"Bad Poetry Nights\" for their beleaguered student writers. These fast-paced evenings of literary shenanigans had one simple premise: compose the worst poem you could in five minutes or fewer, using 3-5 absurd words plucked from a hat by the hosts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe only trouble was this: give a talented writer a set of clear constraints, no matter how ridiculous, and they can't help but produce something compelling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is in that spirit that novelist E. Christopher Clark (Bradford Class of 1999) approached his first collection of verse. With words and phrases drawn from kitchen magnets, playing cards, and his own tortured imagination, Clark has assembled thirty-five poems which would make the bad poets of old look up from their black coffees, peer out from under their ironically worn berets, and offer knowing nods of approval. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSometimes sardonic, often nostalgic, and occasionally absurd, these poems \"are often more poignant than you might expect,\" writes Amazon reviewer Jessica Lucci. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuy \u003ci\u003eBad Poetry Night\u003c\/i\u003e today to find out what happens when Herman Melville meets the Monkees and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's invades the dreams of Donald J. Trump.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. Christopher Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952044049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952044045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clarkwoods\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.15d","brand":"E. Christopher Clark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442742735103,"sku":"9781952044045","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_718caddd-7b43-4db7-9ffb-0511ec16f4a5.jpg?v=1777199465","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bad-poetry-night-e-christopher-clark-9781952044045","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}