{"product_id":"so-frag-so-bold-randy-brown-9781953665041","title":"So Frag \u0026 So Bold: Short Poems, Aphorisms \u0026 Other Wartime Fun","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Every poet,\"\u003c\/b\u003e warns Randy Brown, \u003cb\u003e\"has a heart filled \/ with shrapnel.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his new chapbook \"So Frag \u0026amp; So Bold,\" the former U.S. Army \"brigade staff jester\" \u003cb\u003etakes aim at endless wars, parent traps, social media, and stodgy religious beliefs.\u003c\/b\u003e It's an iconoclastic cluster-munition that's bursting with hundreds of \u003cb\u003ehaiku, aphorisms, philosophical puzzles, and other experiments\u003c\/b\u003e in pithy and pulpy poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrown's careful constructions of line-breaks and language are intended to variously provoke chuckles, empathy, and thought. \"Any poem is a device,\" he writes, \"improvised to explode with meaning [...] ignited by a trigger \/ word.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGet ready for amusement, bemusement, and plenty of pyrotechnics!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Randy Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1953665047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953665041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle West Press LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Randy Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981883998463,"sku":"9781953665041","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3bb213fd-23ce-4b85-8f39-99779b53c4cb.jpg?v=1683258068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/so-frag-so-bold-randy-brown-9781953665041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}