{"product_id":"curio-elizabeth-bachinsky-9781897388402","title":"Curio: Grotesques \u0026 Satires from the Electronic Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eStill tired of the same old Can Lit? Had your fill of \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e? You're not alone. For those of you who missed it the first time, BookThug is pleased to RE\/present West Coast poet Elizabeth Bachinsky's first full-length collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eCURIO: Grotesques and Satires From The Electronic Age\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCURIO: Grotesques \u0026amp; Satires From the Electronic Age\u003c\/i\u003e is Elizabeth Bachinsky's ellusive first book of poetry. Published just prior to \u003ci\u003eHome of Sudden Service, \u003c\/i\u003e a collection that went so far in another direction as to be nominated for a Governor General's Award in 2006, \u003ci\u003eCURIO\u003c\/i\u003e offers a very different view of what Bachinsky is capable of as a poet, and invites her readers to consider a much wider vision of her work as a whole. No one can truly hope to understand her work without reading this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitness Antonin Artaud climbing a beanstalk and eating his lover's foot, as his most torrid affair is revealed in letters; fear the Spy Cam's omniscient eye; test your paranoiac tendencies as an alien abductee; watch as \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe River Merchant's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e hit the blender; rejoice in poems without people, poems without authors, and poems with no audience. Informed by the writings of the 20th century's (and even the 21st's!) most eclectic authors, \u003ci\u003eCURIO\u003c\/i\u003e is quirky and sly--an ironic mixture simultaneously engaged with formal innovation and a retro avant garde that heralded the arrival of a brave new poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Bachinsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1897388403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781897388402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Elizabeth Bachinsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097089351935,"sku":"9781897388402","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/curio-elizabeth-bachinsky-9781897388402","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}