{"product_id":"explosion-rocks-springfield-paperback","title":"Explosion Rocks Springfield - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRodrigo Toscano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExplosion Rocks Springfield \u003c\/i\u003eis eighty one-page iterations of the following line: The Friday evening gas explosion in Springfield leveled a strip club next to a day care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach iteration consists of analytical-philosophic queries, lyrical diffractions, and paranarrative documentary. Sixteen sub-topic variations appear. Every single word of the primary thematic line is exfoliated, extended, and exploded, multiplied, in a fugal structure, seeking the effects of content density, tension, and return. Continual re-figuration of all themata invites the reader to experience a pleasurable engagement with a material transparency that is neither prepackaged (found) nor fancied from thin air (inspired).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat is explosion to a slab of drywall?\u003cbr\u003eWhat is drywall exactly?\u003cbr\u003eHEIGH-HO \u003cbr\u003eWhy do people strip?\u003cbr\u003eWhat is day care? Why day?\u003cbr\u003eWhat is night care?\u003cbr\u003eWhy daylight why daylight why daylight.\u003cbr\u003eWhat is care exactly?\u003cbr\u003eGas. Wherefrom gas? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in southern California, experimental poet, playwright, and labor activist \u003cb\u003eRodrigo Toscano \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of seven collections of poetry including \u003ci\u003eCollapsible Poetics Theater \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), which was chosen for the National Poetry Series, and \u003ci\u003eDeck of Deeds \u003c\/i\u003e(2012). His work has been widely translated and anthologized; his radio pieces have aired on stations across the country. Toscano works for the Labor Institute in conjunction with the United Steelworkers and the National Institute for Environmental Health Science. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRodrigo Toscano's newest book of poetry is \u003ci\u003eExplosion Rocks Springfield\u003c\/i\u003e Fence Books, 2016) His previous books include, \u003ci\u003eDeck of Deeds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCollapsible Poetics Theater \u003c\/i\u003e(a National Poetry Series selection), \u003ci\u003eTo Leveling Swerve\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlatform\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePartisans\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Disparities\u003c\/i\u003e. His poetry has appeared in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eVoices Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiasporic Avant Gardes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImagined Theatres\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Criminal's Cabinet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEarth Bound\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. Toscano has received a New York State Fellowship in Poetry. He works for the Labor Institute in conjunction with the United Steelworkers, the National Institute for Environmental Health Science, Communication Workers of America, and National Day Laborers Organizing Network. Toscano lives in the Bayou Saint John Faubourg of New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 6.8 x 7.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772790735136,"sku":"9780986437342","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/142275c58a4c54e46602dc3acc490067.webp?v=1780414416","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/explosion-rocks-springfield-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}