{"product_id":"power-ballads-garrett-caples-9781940696362","title":"Power Ballads","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Thom Gunn, Barbara Guest, Robert Creeley, Philip Lamantia, all ghosts now, are invoked without sentiment and with plenty of wry humor.\" --Kevin Killian, \u003ci\u003eAttention Span\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA power ballad was a hair metal band's voyage into the softer side of rock, compromising to the integrity of the genre, but genuine and trailblazing. So too is Caples's \u003ci\u003ePower Ballads\u003c\/i\u003e. His poems and prose pieces are bizarre and hilarious, in which Dylan and Bowie sit alongside the French surrealists, with the occasional turn into heartfelt romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Garrett Caples Rides Again\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003emy concealed carry personality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ehas deformed my trouser content\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eto the extent my permit permits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ei'm shooting off often in public\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ei'm a blow dart in a wind tunnel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eaimed in the wrong direction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ea boycotted russian vodka distiller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ean assdial away from arrest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGarrett Caples\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the essay collection \u003ci\u003eRetrievals\u003c\/i\u003e, two books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Garrett Caples Reader, Complications\u003c\/i\u003e, and the pamphlet \u003ci\u003eQuintessence of the Minor\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia, Particulars of Place\u003c\/i\u003e by Richard O. Moore, and \u003ci\u003eIncidents of Travel in Poetry: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e by Frank Lima. He is an editor at City Lights Books and curates the Spotlight Poetry Series there. He was also a contributing writer to the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written articles and blogged for the Poetry Foundation and occasionally blogs for blogcitylights.com. He has a PhD in English from the University of California, Berkeley and lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Garrett Caples\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1940696364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940696362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wave Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/03\/2016","brand":"Garrett Caples","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937705459967,"sku":"9781940696362","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_60e797c2-691a-4d3b-b124-210509faeac9.jpg?v=1681431549","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/power-ballads-garrett-caples-9781940696362","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}