{"product_id":"bender-9781556594007","title":"Bender","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Young''s \u003ci\u003eBender\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of survival and strength, of seeing even in the smallest things the heights of what we can be. That''s as good a definition of contemporary poetry as any.\"—NPR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This book reads like a long, breathless thank you for life''s seemingly random jumble of beauty, strangeness, tenderness, and joy.\"—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The reader''s mind shoots through [Young''s poems] like the steel ball in a pinball machine, dinging around, racking up points. Dean''s poems are amazingly fun.\"—\u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBender\u003c\/i\u003e gathers the abundant treasure from Dean Young''s twelve volumes. Strongly influenced by Surrealism, Young''s poems flash with extravagant imagery, humorous speech, sly views of the quotidian, mercurial hip-shake shifts, and exposed nerves of heartache.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Commencement Address\":\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI love you for shattering.\u003cbr\u003eSomeone has to. Just as someone\u003cbr\u003ehas to announce inadvertently\u003cbr\u003ethe end of grief or spring''s\u003cbr\u003esplurge even as the bureaucrat''s\u003cbr\u003espittoon overflows. Someone has to come out\u003cbr\u003ethe other end of the labyrinth\u003cbr\u003esaying, What''s the big deal?\u003cbr\u003eSomeone has to spend all day staring\u003cbr\u003eat the data from outer space\u003cbr\u003eor separating the receipts\u003cbr\u003eor changing the sheets in sour room after room.\u003cbr\u003eI like it when the end of the toilet paper\u003cbr\u003eis folded into a point.\u003cbr\u003eI like napkins folded into swans\u003cbr\u003ebecause I like wiping my mouth on swans…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDean Young\u003c\/b\u003e has published twelve books of poetry, including finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and Griffin Award. He teaches at the University of Texas and lives in Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020071993687,"sku":"9781556594007","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781556594007.jpg?v=1750782296","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bender-9781556594007","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}