{"product_id":"all-night-lingo-tango-paperback","title":"All-Night Lingo Tango - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Hamby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection is a love letter to language with poems that are drunk and filled with references to the hyperkinetic world of the twenty-first century. Yet Zeus and Hera tangle with Leda on the interstate; Ava Gardner becomes a Hindu princess; and Shiva, the Destroyer, reigns over all. English is the primary god here, with its huge vocabulary and omnivorous gluttony for new words, yet the mystery of the alphabet is behind everything, a funky puppet master who can make a new world out of nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Hamby is writer-in-residence at Florida State University. She is the author of two chapbooks and three previous poetry collections: \u003ci\u003eThe Alphabet of Desire; Delirium;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBabel, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the 2003 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications including the \u003ci\u003eParis Review, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eIowa Review, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry 2000\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.58 x 6.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744713871423,"sku":"9780822960171","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7d4ffb1ca092e5275db615e511ab493a_f40ab96f-843b-4622-bf9b-e1d9a6285351.webp?v=1765169193","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/all-night-lingo-tango-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}