{"product_id":"selfwolf-mark-halliday-9780226313832","title":"Selfwolf","description":"In his third book of poems, Mark Halliday grapples with the endless struggle between self-concern and awareness of the rights of others. Through humor, ironic twists, and refreshing candor, these poems confront a variety of situations--death, divorce, artistic egotism and envy, personal relationships--where the very idea of \u003ci\u003eself\u003c\/i\u003e is under siege. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If \u003ci\u003eSelfwolf\u003c\/i\u003e were a pop music CD, it would be hailed as Mark Halliday's breakthrough album. . . . This third collection of poems teems with unsparing confessions of misdirected lust, lost faith, regret and a winningly goofy cheerfulness in the face of all that bad stuff. . . . The informal, conversational quality of Halliday's work almost hides its artfulness, which seems to be precisely his intention.\"--Ken Tucker, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With unflinching, often comic honesty about how 'ego-fetid, hostile, grasping' we are, Halliday exposes the self's wolfish hungers and weaknesses.\"--Andrew Epstein, \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mark Halliday's new book offers more of his trademark riffs on self-consciousness. His subversive, surprising, hugely enjoyable poems will make you laugh out loud, squirm in uncomfortable recognition, and appreciate anew the comedy of our daily battles for self-preservation. . . reading Halliday is pure delight. . . . I love the daring and intelligence with which Halliday skates along the shifting boundary between self within and world outside. \u003ci\u003eSelfwolf\u003c\/i\u003e slows down our habitual negotiations between 'in here' and 'out there, ' exposing the edgy comedy of how we survive.\"--Damaris Moore, \u003ci\u003eExpress Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Halliday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226313832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226313832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.84h x 6.49w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/1999 pg. 670","brand":"Mark Halliday","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086402924799,"sku":"9780226313832","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6aee5146-948a-4d90-b2dc-8493488e341b.jpg?v=1769094481","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selfwolf-mark-halliday-9780226313832","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}