{"product_id":"know-your-monkey-elyse-friedman-9781550226133","title":"Know Your Monkey","description":"\u003ci\u003eKnow Your Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e is the debut poetry collection by Toronto novelist and screenwriter Elyse Friedman. Plainspoken yet vivid, funny yet poignant, these are poems that tell stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Bleeding \u0026amp; Laughing at Pineway \u0026amp; Cummer\", a group of teens \"dizzy with spring and spirits and speed\" race a van through the suburbs after grade nine prom. In \"The Great Thing My Cousin George Did,\" a man simultaneously drives two cars from Toronto to Hamilton: \"100 yards then hop out\/run back to\/the other car\/100 yards past the first car \/and so on \/ and so on \/ with the polio \/ leg. In \"Paradise Mural\" we meet a woman at a Holiday Inn singles' dance \"who always tried to giggle \/ but it came off the gangplank of her tongue \/ like it had been \/ pushed.\" Friedman writes candidly about her own experiences with love, family, and work. In \"Screenwriting 101\", she rails against the formulaic rules that have come to govern the craft of movie-writing. In \"Rescue\" she fantasizes about being stranded on a desert island with Tom Waits and Charles Bukowski. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNever precious or inscrutable, \u003ci\u003eKnow Your Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e gives us rhythmical slices of real and imagined life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elyse Friedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1550226134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550226133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Misfit Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e IndieFab awards - Third Place","brand":"Elyse Friedman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459530141951,"sku":"9781550226133","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e8d571e-1245-4c8b-bb4b-b2d9f0c8559b.jpg?v=1777410256","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/know-your-monkey-elyse-friedman-9781550226133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}