{"product_id":"on-generation-corruption-terrence-chiusano-9780823265787","title":"On Generation \u0026 Corruption: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eComposed of several distinct yet inter-woven long poems, On Generation \u0026amp; Corruption is structured around the conceits of location and dislocation, as it deconstructs a picture-postcard American town. Its title is a clue: in printer's terms, each \"generation\" reproduced is more \"corrupt\" than the last. Through this metaphor, Chiusano alludes to the distance from confessional speech that the book embodies in its complex tales and Escher-like syntax. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003efrom \"daybook\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJULY 1\u003cbr\u003e Bog. Spillway. River bank. Cow shit. Shade pools. Boot prints. \u003cbr\u003eTadpoles. Reed beds. Shallows. Eddies. Snags. Cottonmouths. Cobwebs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJULY 2\u003cbr\u003e The stare stares behind-the-back, bright, between butt-crack and\u003cbr\u003ethigh. The stare widens into a paddle, wide and flat enough to make a \u003cbr\u003edraft when it flaps. The stare picks its nose. The stare halfway wonders\u003cbr\u003ewhy the closet door is only half-closed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* * * \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When ecstasy is parted from its practice, when rapture is forced to\u003cbr\u003echoose, that's me: the first efforts, independent principalities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJULY 3\u003cbr\u003e If I draw a hand, say, or a foot, I tow it into view. If I name, a slender \u003cbr\u003eankle, a napping neck, I pull it like a dove out of a derby, pigeon out of a \u003cbr\u003eporkpie hat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terrence Chiusano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823265781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823265787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 7.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Terrence Chiusano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483720069375,"sku":"9780823265787","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_499dde3f-f176-4a63-a522-febcb71cb0a7.jpg?v=1778040215","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-generation-corruption-terrence-chiusano-9780823265787","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}