{"product_id":"appetite-paperback-1","title":"Appetite - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAaron Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppetite\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that explores our American Mythologies, particularly masculinity and film. Smith investigates our fascinations with the body, gender, and entertainment in poems that are critically observant, darkly funny, darkly angry, and, sometimes, heartbreaking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Whether he is cataloging shirtless men in films and bad television, lyricizing the anxieties of childhood, or redrawing the lines of cultural membership, \u003ci\u003eAppetite\u003c\/i\u003e attacks its subjects with wit, candor, and compassionate intensity. These poems announce their presence with a style that is as beautifully wrought as it is provocative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the America of \u003ci\u003eAppetite\u003c\/i\u003e, the usual hierarchies are obliterated: the disposable is as valuable as the traditional, pop culture is on the same level as the sacred, and the pleasurable simultaneity of past and present are found in high art and the tabloid. Smith's work engages our contemporary moment and how we want to think of ourselves, while nodding to rich poetic, cultural, and personal histories.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAaron Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAppetite\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlue on Blue Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, and the chapbooks \u003ci\u003eMen in Groups\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat's Required\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in a number of literary magazines, including \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Prairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, and T\u003ci\u003ehe Best American Poetry 2013\u003c\/i\u003e. He is associate professor of creative writing at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lambda Literary Awards (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Triangle Awards (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693887098943,"sku":"9780822962199","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9c3e01dbb1d5e07540495cb43dc6f4cd.webp?v=1765000285","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/appetite-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}