{"product_id":"further-adventures-in-monochrome-9781556593963","title":"Further Adventures in Monochrome","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Yau tweaks and twists language to express a painful comic vision in which sensual vividness combines with fierce despair.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Yau engages art criticism, social theory, and syntactical dexterity to confront the problems of aging, meaning, and identity. Insisting that \"True poets and artists know where language ends, which is why they go there,\" Yau presses against the limits of language, creating poems that are at once cryptic, playful, and insightful. Included in its entirety is his groundbreaking serial poem, \"Genghis Chan: Private Eye,\" and a new series invoking the monochromatic painter Yves Klein.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Exhibits\":\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan you name which country uses selective amnesia to determine its foreign policy?\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eMoney has become a vast dirty sea rolling over the land.\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eMoney has become a UFO because it is the only thing that lacks controversy.\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eMoney rhymes with algae.\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eDo you swear to tell the whole truth filled with nothing but reasonable lies?\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eSigning up for Free Membership works best in a failing economy.\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eIn case of emergency, please vacuum the premises.\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eI used to be thorough, now I am just comprehensive . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Yau\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and criticism. He is the arts editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e and teaches art criticism at Mason Gross School of the Arts and Rutgers University. He lives in the Garment District neighborhood in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359611748695,"sku":"9781556593963","price":16.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781556593963.jpg?v=1754125172","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/further-adventures-in-monochrome-9781556593963","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}