{"product_id":"girly-man-charles-bernstein-9780226044293","title":"Girly Man","description":"Heir to the democratic and poetic sensibilities of Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bernstein has always crafted verse that responds to its historical moment, but no previous collection of his poems so specifically addresses the events of its time as \u003ci\u003eGirly Man, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efeatures works written on the evening of September 11, 2001, and in response to the war in Iraq. Here, Bernstein speaks out, combining self-deprecating humor with incisive philosophical and political thinking. \u003cbr\u003e Composed of works of very different forms and moods--etchings from moments of acute crisis, comic excursions, formal excavations, confrontations with the cultural illogics of contemporary political consciousness--the poems work as an ensemble, each part contributing something necessary to an unrealizable and unrepresentable whole. \u003cbr\u003e A passionate defense of contingency, resistance, and multiplicity, \u003ci\u003eGirly Man \u003c\/i\u003eis a provocative and aesthetically challenging collection of radical verse from one of America's most controversial poets.\u003cbr\u003e \"A major achievement. . . . Anyone interested in contemporary poetry should seek out the collection, if only to read one of our most provocative poet-critics writing his most engaging poems to date.\"--Thomas Devaney, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eInquirer\u003c\/i\u003e \"Charles Bernstein writes both prose and poetry about poetry, sometimes brilliantly, in ways calculated to upset the middlebrow and thwart the bland. The more you like the poetic equivalent of a nice tune, easy to hum, the more Bernstein means to disrupt your complacency.\"--Robert Pinsky, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Bernstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226044297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226044293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.84w x 0.57d","brand":"Charles Bernstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946333831423,"sku":"9780226044293","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_20529dc2-2a7c-44d9-a83b-4a54d71e890d.jpg?v=1681512571","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/girly-man-charles-bernstein-9780226044293","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}