{"product_id":"still-dirty-poems-2009-2015-paperback","title":"Still Dirty: Poems 2009-2015 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Lau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn of a rigorous criticism of the toxicity of the economic system, this collection of experimental, socially conscious poetry reflects a world in crisis. It mobilizes scenes of struggle and instances of solidarity, from Occupy to Mexico's drug war, from Cairo to Athens. Linguistically daring, full of exigency, these poems are as damaged as life, still dirty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ean excerpt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack at the neon red debrief nobody said much.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"We crossed this Burmese river\" or\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Punjab is a land with five rivers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eI drank from a glass of beer and remembered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Alexander Kluge VHS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Eiffel Tower, King Kong, and the White Woman.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wind was blowing down trees;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eat the port of Long Beach, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ea Mitsubishi crane un-stacked\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ea glow-blue sheet of wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've been rolling around with a bunch of Fleetwood Macks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are the crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Lau\u003c\/b\u003e has been involved in the poetry, art, and activist communities of Los Angeles and the Bay Area for the past decade. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eLana Turner\u003c\/i\u003e. This is his second book after \u003ci\u003eVirgil and the Mountain Cat: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (University of California Press, 2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Lau has been involved in the poetry, art, and activist communities of Los Angeles and the Bay Area for the past 8 years. His new work is of a piece with his commitments to these varied but interconnected communities. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop.\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 0.1 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769945882912,"sku":"9781934639184","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dfeea48edbc1dd64f8b00ad4de5ea9a9.webp?v=1780360511","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/still-dirty-poems-2009-2015-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}