{"product_id":"optic-subwoof-douglas-kearney-9781950268672","title":"Optic Subwoof","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 CLMP Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOptic Subwoof\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a collection of talks that poet and National Book Award finalist Douglas Kearney presented for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series in 2020 and 2021.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs kinetic on the page as they are in person, these lectures offer an urgent critique of the intersections between violence and entertainment, interrogating the ways in which poetry, humor, visual art, music, pop culture, and performance alternately uphold and subvert this violence. With genius precision and an avant-garde sensibility, Kearney examines the nuances around Black visibility and its aestheticization. In myriad ways, \u003ci\u003eOptic Subwoof\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that establishes Kearney as one of the most dynamic writers and thinkers of the twenty-first century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Kearney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950268675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950268672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wave Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Douglas Kearney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076929417471,"sku":"9781950268672","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ad14daf-4f2a-4b19-86f6-f2cf4bb0584e.jpg?v=1685467505","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/optic-subwoof-douglas-kearney-9781950268672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}