{"product_id":"free-boat-john-reed-9781936196531","title":"Free Boat: Collected Lies and Love Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eCollected Lies and Love Poems, selects from a sequence of sonnets written from 2008-2015. Reed, the author of five previous books (three novels and two \"stunts\") lends his voice and eclectic abilities to this singular work, which, in addition to being a book of sonnets, is part love letter, part literary ode, and part delusion. Evolving the classical sonnet, a form which still captures our spirits, Reed summons our contemporary yearning: sugar sweet to splash of acid. \"Come to me,\" writes Reed in sonnet #6, \"like tomorrow to a child.\" Sonnet #41, in contrast, offers the lyrical confession, \"All I want to do is stab people.\" With his plaintive lines, Reed gives expression to the inner ghost of the Twenty-First Century; sonnet #65, a valentine, wonders \"Momma, are there other wooden children?\" Free Boat spans 54+ sonnets, and that's a lot of sonnets, but Reed's stylistic ease guides his audience through an experience more akin to reading a photo essay. Indeed, of the 23 images in Free Boat, 9 are photographs by the author. Rhapsody, serenade, picaresque, Free Boat would be as comfortably tabled with Nadja by André Breton, as it would be with The Dream Songs by John Berryman, Delta of Venus by Anais Nin, or Under the Net by Iris Murdoch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHYPE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Reed exploded my concept of a sonnet.\u003cbr\u003e - Erika Anderson, \u003cem\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis may be what it takes to get people to read poetry.\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cem\u003eVice Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReed is a heartthrob of a writer.\u003cbr\u003e - Molly Peacock\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA wicked illusionist.\u003cbr\u003e - Graham Reed, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA swift and satisfying read, viciously funny.\u003cbr\u003e - William Georgiades, \u003cem\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe haven't experienced this much haughtiness since college!\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cem\u003eTimeout New York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA proven Thomas Edison ... sophisticated fun.\u003cbr\u003e - Allan Jalon, \u003cem\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA dizzying feat of writing and... constant trouble.\u003cbr\u003e - Lynne Tillman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReed has brought music's remix culture to literature with stunning results.\u003cbr\u003e - David Gutowski, \u003cem\u003elargeheartedboy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Reed excels in the realm of the strange.\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Examiner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Reed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936196530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936196531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e C\u0026amp;r Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d","brand":"John Reed","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125603889407,"sku":"9781936196531","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2bbbb597-b043-4674-a70d-6a338e0b509c.jpg?v=1687443556","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/free-boat-john-reed-9781936196531","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}