From the righteous indignation of welfare mothers to the cloying calm of West Coast Buddhists, "Escape Velocity" splices the personal and the political as seamlessly as life itself. Funny and ferocious, poems such as "Mosaic Wipe," "Due Process," and "Newsworthy" go fearlessly into darkened spaces to crack them wide apart. In this new collection of lyrically canny compositions, David Breskin courageously gathers up the fractured facets of American life and transforms them into a stunning, spinning mirrored ball of ...
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From the righteous indignation of welfare mothers to the cloying calm of West Coast Buddhists, "Escape Velocity" splices the personal and the political as seamlessly as life itself. Funny and ferocious, poems such as "Mosaic Wipe," "Due Process," and "Newsworthy" go fearlessly into darkened spaces to crack them wide apart. In this new collection of lyrically canny compositions, David Breskin courageously gathers up the fractured facets of American life and transforms them into a stunning, spinning mirrored ball of postmodern poesy.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page with a tiny sketch (signature and date onlt). No stated edition, no number line (1st printing). As new. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 127 p. Audience: General/trade. Poetry by the author of 'Inner Views: Filmmakers In Conversation' and 'Supermodel'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Fine/fine. A clean, tight, unread copy. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free. Poetry-Rear.