{"product_id":"if-i-dont-breathe-how-do-i-sleep-paperback","title":"If I Don't Breathe How Do I Sleep - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Wenderoth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest-known for his gritty and uproarious prose poetry collection \u003ci\u003eLetters to Wendy's\u003c\/i\u003e, Wenderoth began his career with two books of gimlet-eyed, world-weary, hard-hitting poetry. Now he returns to verse, favoring (as before) relatively short poems, often twelve lines or fewer, most of which crackle with a bleakness that's part gallows humor, part outrage, and part despair.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review of \u003ci\u003eNo Real Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA perverse, sometimes pretty, obscene, and confounding collection of one page meditative missives . . . trimmed with lunatic fringe.--\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e review of \u003ci\u003eLetters to Wendy's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether it's addressing the grotesque in daily scenes or upsetting the norms of professional culture, Joe Wenderoth's fifth collection resonates with his signature intellect and disturbing humor. He is at once an aesthete and an iconoclast who brings inventive force to American poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly Capitalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003ethey are perfecting the pillow\u003cbr\u003ewith which\u003cbr\u003eyou are being suffocated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enow it sings to you\u003cbr\u003eand shows you pictures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Wenderoth\u003c\/b\u003e grew up near Baltimore, Maryland. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNo Real Light\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Spirit of Life: Essays Written for John Ashcroft's Secret Self\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLetters to Wendy's\u003c\/i\u003e. Wesleyan University Press published his first two books of poems: \u003ci\u003eDisfortune\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIt Is If I Speak\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor of English at the University of California, Davis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe Wenderoth grew up near Baltimore. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNo Real Light\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2007), \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Spirit of Life: Essays Written for John Ashcroft's Secret Self\u003c\/i\u003e (Verse Press, 2005) and \u003ci\u003eLetters to Wendy's\u003c\/i\u003e (Verse Press, 2000). Wesleyan University Press published his first two books of poems: \u003ci\u003eDisfortune\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and\u003ci\u003e It Is If I Speak\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). He is a Professor of English at the University of California, Davis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.5 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769948963104,"sku":"9781933517872","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fc25464d21cf2e8f56d6c5196a5a26f9.webp?v=1780360624","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/if-i-dont-breathe-how-do-i-sleep-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}