{"product_id":"rough-day-paperback","title":"Rough Day - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEd Skoog\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd Skoog is a master of mischief and misdirection...I find a unique alchemy in this book: a deep sadness combined with a broad humor, and most of all a sense that I'm being allowed to see a poet watching himself in the midst of evolving, captured in motion like a series of time-lapse photographs. --Susan Cohen, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Composed during long walks throughout Washington, DC, and careful to err on the side of recklessness, \u003ci\u003eRough Day\u003c\/i\u003e finds its essential unity in a fixation on American events and landscapes--from Yellowstone and New Orleans to Kansas and the Pacific Northwest. Throughout, Ed Skoog maintains an openness to discovery that unveils rare and prismatic views into his country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of Topeka, Kansas, Ed Skoog's first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eMister Skylight\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press), was published in 2009. His poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at the University of Montana and lives in Missoula, Montana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd Skoog: Ed Skoog was born in Topeka, Kansas, and earned his MFA at the University of Montana. His first book, \u003ci\u003eMister Skylight\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon), was published in 2009. His poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry, American Poetry Review, The Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, \u003c\/i\u003e among other publications, and earned the Poetry Society of America's Lyric Poetry Award, the Faulkner's Marble Faun Prize in Poetry, a fellowship with Bread Loaf, and residencies with George Washington University and the Richard Hugo House. He lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 85\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Washington State Book Award (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701351714879,"sku":"9781556594342","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ea1fb70032670fa4005907d680c657fb.webp?v=1765020321","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/rough-day-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}