{"product_id":"sophomore-slump-paperback","title":"Sophomore Slump - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeigh Chadwick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Leigh Chadwick's prose poems are shockingly blunt and compulsively tender. They are dangerous confessions shot out of the cannon of her restless imagination and aimed straight at your heart. Don't blink.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Steve Almond, author of \u003cem\u003eAll the Secrets of the World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSophomore Slump\u003c\/em\u003e is a kaleidoscopic, versatile, and transgressive work of art. These poems-no, these glimpses into the heart-are full of irreverence and the practicality life needs to sustain itself. Unassumingly brilliant and funny, \u003cem\u003eSophomore Slump\u003c\/em\u003e is an indelible work from an unforgettable writer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Morgan Talty, author of \u003cem\u003eNight of the Living Rez\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\"Hanging out with Leigh Chadwick's poetry collection \u003cem\u003eSophomore Slump \u003c\/em\u003eis like bumping into a friend you haven't seen in a decade, and picking up exactly where you left off. Maybe you and this friend have both listened to 'Debaser' by the Pixies for six weeks straight. Perhaps your 'dreams are nothing but a wall of owls, ' or you have stumbled upon 'a sundress lumped in dust and asphalt, alone in the middle of Grand River Avenue.' Just when you think Chadwick's poems have reached the peak in their crescendo, they keep climbing. Chadwick grabs the most dazzling grotesque tableaus of the subconscious, then recasts them in the spirit of a music video worthy of a premium spot on \u003cem\u003e120 Minutes\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Mary Biddinger, author of \u003cem\u003eDepartment of Elegy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Leigh Chadwick's \u003cem\u003eSophomore Slump \u003c\/em\u003eis a seriously hilarious romp, via prose poems. Chadwick uses the literary device of a lead singer in a band, complete with hits, demos and bonus tracks\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eto wrap her mind around the folly of celebrity at a time of Earth's violence and peril, i.e. \u003cem\u003eHow many forest fires would it take to melt all the baby Jesuses in the world? \u003c\/em\u003eShe is not afraid to meet our cultural moment head on with all the urgency it requires. Chadwick is constantly assessing, sometimes farcically so-in 'Yelp Reviews of Past Loves'-and sometimes chillingly so in\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e'A Comprehensive List of Places to Hide from a Bullet.' I couldn't help think of Harold Bloom's \u003cem\u003eAnxiety of Influence\u003c\/em\u003e-though Chadwick kicks Bloom and Freud to the curb. Her anxiety is not struggling to top her literary idols but instead hopes to top herself (which, of course, she does!).\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Denise Duhamel, author of \u003cem\u003eSecond Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42738438242367,"sku":"9798987465493","price":22.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/19b4385c8c0aa582f94d7d6b1487f313.webp?v=1765153310","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/sophomore-slump-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}