{"product_id":"campaign-david-breskin-9781941196472","title":"Campaign","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn February 1, 2016, the date of the Iowa Caucus, David Breskin began a project that would carry him through the American presidential election. An ex- journalist, Breskin set out to \"cover\" this most strange and historic election, under the pressure of a reporter's daily deadline, by writing one poem a day. He created a deliberately awkward, rollickingly restrictive form--seven beats per line, eleven lines per poem--and, noting our preference for the convenience of sound- bite news and junk-food polls over more nutritious fare, called them \"7-Elevens.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is \u003cem\u003eCampaign\u003c\/em\u003e, a fierce, prescient, oddly moving and scathingly funny book. No one is spared (not Ted, not Marco, not Carly; not Hillary nor Bernie nor The Donald; not the Pope nor Scalia nor even Jeb!) as Breskin shines a searching light on the hubris and folly of our would-be leaders. Yet he also captures what is fine about America and Americans, even under siege. \"Smashed glass of freedom, a toast \/ for this sad ballad country \/ that orphans its immigrants.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCampaign \u003c\/em\u003eis a record of the election unfolding in real time: its distractions and psychodramas laid bare; its bit-part players of single news cycles recycled; the silliness of its silly season skewered. All the while, the drumbeat of essential issues sounds throughout these seventy-seven beat poems, reminding us what was--and remains--at stake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Breskin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1941196470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941196472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Madhat, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"David Breskin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474292064511,"sku":"9781941196472","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_65893c00-8540-4b21-9789-8bd20b5fb817.jpg?v=1762315931","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/campaign-david-breskin-9781941196472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}