{"product_id":"lying-like-presidents-djelloul-marbrook-9781909849860","title":"Lying like presidents: New and selected poems 2001-2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe linked cantos comprising \"Lying Like Presidents\" are a kind of echolalia in the service of anonymity. Echolalia, usually associated either with a child learning to speak or a disorder, here is a matter of conscience in a poet who craves anonymity in honor of cosmic oneness but remains craven enough to rely on his name, his vita. The cantos are also a paean to two childhood friends whose echolalia enchanted him and now haunts him. The cantos are followed by poems selected from Marbrook's twelve earlier poetry collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't know anyone else whose writing increases in\u003cbr\u003e agility and breadth over time as Marbrook's does. \u003cbr\u003e --Lee Gould, editor, \u003cem\u003eLa Presa\u003c\/em\u003e, the Embajadoro Press poetry journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDjelloul Marbrook's previous works have won critical acclaim and prestigious prizes, including the 2007 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, the 2010 International Book Award in poetry, and the 2008 Literal Latt  fiction prize. As a journalist, poet, writer and activist, he has invested his talent and intellect in an artistic voice exemplifying the best qualities of humanity. Through an engaging, well reasoned and powerfully clear voice, he gives flight to a spiritual awakening and casts a haunting light on the canon of American poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Djelloul Marbrook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1909849863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781909849860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leaky Boot Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Djelloul Marbrook","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46747689877759,"sku":"9781909849860","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c7620b8e-425b-4572-9c9c-f46a44b616f4.jpg?v=1743584446","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lying-like-presidents-djelloul-marbrook-9781909849860","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}