The Inspiration Cha-Cha |
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| Author:
| Ross, Stuart |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55022-293-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1996 |
| Publisher: | ECW Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.00 |
Book Description:
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Featuringnbsp;psychic surfers, Shakespearian apes, vengeful dogs, and conspiratorial potatoes, this first major collection of poetry by a longtime veteran of Toronto's literary underground depicts a truly surreal world#151;allnbsp;through the language of overheard conversation. Uproariously bleak, deceptively simple, and thoroughly danceable, the poems paint such pictures as anbsp;childnbsp;born with the ears of a rabbit, a serial killer's homenbsp;becoming a tourist attraction,...
More DescriptionFeaturingnbsp;psychic surfers, Shakespearian apes, vengeful dogs, and conspiratorial potatoes, this first major collection of poetry by a longtime veteran of Toronto's literary underground depicts a truly surreal world#151;allnbsp;through the language of overheard conversation. Uproariously bleak, deceptively simple, and thoroughly danceable, the poems paint such pictures as anbsp;childnbsp;born with the ears of a rabbit, a serial killer's homenbsp;becoming a tourist attraction, and a hot-dog vendor awaiting the Pope at Paralysis Beach.