{"product_id":"rough-day-ed-skoog-9781556594342","title":"Rough Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Ed Skoog is a master of mischief and misdirection...I find a unique alchemy in this book: a deep sadness combined with a broad humor, and most of all a sense that I'm being allowed to see a poet watching himself in the midst of evolving, captured in motion like a series of time-lapse photographs.\" --Susan Cohen, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Composed during long walks throughout Washington, DC, and careful to err on the side of recklessness, \u003ci\u003eRough Day\u003c\/i\u003e finds its essential unity in a fixation on American events and landscapes--from Yellowstone and New Orleans to Kansas and the Pacific Northwest. Throughout, Ed Skoog maintains an openness to discovery that unveils rare and prismatic views into his country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of Topeka, Kansas, Ed Skoog's first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eMister Skylight\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press), was published in 2009. His poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at the University of Montana and lives in Missoula, Montana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Skoog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556594348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556594342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington State Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2013 pg. 85","brand":"Ed Skoog","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989306441983,"sku":"9781556594342","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d32d5e71-8901-4b13-9599-ef672656e770.jpg?v=1683298757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rough-day-ed-skoog-9781556594342","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}