{"product_id":"verse-and-worse-selected-and-new-poems-of-steve-mccaffery-1989-2009-9781554581887","title":"Verse and Worse: Selected and New Poems of Steve McCaffery 1989-2009","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eVerse and Worse: Selected and New Poems of Steve McCaffery 1989-2009\u003c\/i\u003e presents texts from the last two decades of work by Steve McCaffery, one of the most influential and innovative of contemporary poets. The volume focuses on selections from McCaffery's major texts, including \u003ci\u003eThe Black Debt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheory of Sediment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cheat of Words\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlightly Left of Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e, but also features a substantial number of previously ungathered poems. As playful as they are cerebral, McCaffery's poems stage an incessant departure from conventional lyrical and narrative methods of making meaning. For those encountering McCaffery's work for the first time as well as for those who have followed the twists and turns of his astonishingly heterogeneous poetic trajectory over the past four decades - this volume is essential reading. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The quest for a wider audience for poetry may be quixotic, but this series makes a serious attempt to present attractive, affordable selections that speak to contemporary interests and topics that might engage a younger generation of readers. Yet it does not condescend, preferring to provide substantial and sophisticated poets to these new readers. At the very least, these slim volumes will make very useful introductory teaching texts in post-secondary classrooms because they whet the appetite without overwhelming.\" -- Paul Milton -- Canadian Literature, 193, Summer 2007, 03\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\"The wait...was worthwhile, as [WLU Press has] released a volume that captures the essence of McCaffery.\" -- John Herbert Cunningham -- Prairie Fire, 04\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eVerse and Worse: Selected and New Poems of Steve McCaffery 1989-2009\u003c\/i\u003e, selected with an introduction by Darren Wershler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword  Neil Besner \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographical Note \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction  Darren Wershler \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Theory of the Lyric \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eTeachable Texts\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eTheory of Sediment: The Curve to Its Answer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Child's History of Rhetoric Caught as It Happens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom The Entries \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Few Donuts \u003ci\u003efrom an Hommagiste\u003c\/i\u003e or: Bad Modernism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom Some Versions of Pastoral \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApologia Pro Vita Sua \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColeridge in Calgary (ars poetica 4)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEphemera \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eLag\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eAn Effect of Cellophane\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOedipus Meets the Abstract Machine \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuggestion but No Insult\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dangers of Poetry (\u003ci\u003efor Italo Calvino\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lone Ranger in Arcadia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRestricted Translation with Imperfect Level Shift (\u003ci\u003eafter Basho\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Poem as a Thing to See \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe View from Here \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTyrolean Night \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Map \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorrelata for a Cryptogram\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Logic of Six \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Vico Meditation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecond Vico Meditation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDigital Poetics \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrior to Meaning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword  Steve McCaffery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863423615319,"sku":"9781554581887","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781554581887.jpg?v=1759920568","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/verse-and-worse-selected-and-new-poems-of-steve-mccaffery-1989-2009-9781554581887","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}