{"product_id":"the-unreasonable-slug-matt-cook-9781933149158","title":"The Unreasonable Slug","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Not long ago one of Milwaukee poetry's young turks, Cook is now simply one of the city's major poets.\"--\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for people who \"don't like poetry,\" Matt Cook's distinctive writing is Midwestern yet worldly, rooted yet bohemian. His close observations result in poems that resemble a series of punk fortune cookies, a kind of psychedelic horse sense--discovering musicality and humor in cultural information, in family, in writing itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"The Modernist Bowling Alley\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe forgotten soul who first separated egg whites. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe homeless man wearing the Superman T-shirt.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTheir intentions were clearly understood, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eExcept when they were unintentional and misunderstood. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Madagascar moth is no longer destroying the prized sweaters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWith anywhere near his previous curve of frequency.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShoddy construction is now the more critical threat.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe modernist bowling alley will have the futuristic waiting area\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhere you can go and wait patiently for the future.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYou will see a clock on the wall that doesn't really look like a clock.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYou will distinctly remember having forgotten that before. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMatt Cook\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Small of My Backyard\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEavesdrop Soup.\u003c\/i\u003e His work has been featured on NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Writer's Almanac.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933149159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933149158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manic D Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 6.58w x 0.22d","brand":"Matt Cook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372462493951,"sku":"9781933149158","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e08fa5f-0375-4de7-8762-cbcf4636ed88.jpg?v=1732726015","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unreasonable-slug-matt-cook-9781933149158","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}