{"product_id":"9781555973230","title":"My Favorite Apocalypse : Poems","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMy Favorite Apocalypse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Catie Rosemurgy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lively, fresh, and outspoken debut, \u003ci\u003eMy Favorite Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the poetical influence of W.B. Yeats as well as that of Mick Jagger. \"Everything in my life led up \/ to my inappropriate laughter,\" Rosemurgy writes. With a deep sense of irony and sharp-edged wit, she shows readers why the cruelties of relationships, inevitable bad luck, and soul-searching rock-n-roll deserve both cynicism and reverence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rosemurgy is best when she speaks outright. 'Show don't tell,' goes the old mandate, but Rosemurgy understands the power of telling directly . . . A clear, authentic, compelling voice.” —\u003ci\u003eBilly Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Anyone fearful of prodigious imagination should get out of the way of \u003ci\u003eMy Favorite Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e fast . . . [Rosemurgy] is bluesy, Plathy, magnificently unabashed, yet possessed of real gifts for rhapsody and tenderness.” —\u003ci\u003eRodney Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMy Favorite Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e is full of wonders. It has a confiding, urgent, lit-up tone.” —\u003ci\u003eAmy Gerstler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMy Favorite Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e is seductive: I couldn't stop reading such luscious, insouciant work.” —\u003ci\u003eAlice Fulton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555973230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593991205070,"sku":"9781555973230","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_5116c985-e968-481b-a4e8-b8454efbd89d.jpg?v=1637798151","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555973230","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}