TheAnthologyofReallyImportantModernPoetry

作者 Kathryn Petras著Ross Petras著
出版社 WorkmanPublishingCompany
出版时间 2012年3月
ISBN 9780761167822
定价 100.50

内容简介

Requiredreadingfromgreatpoetsofourtime.DrewBarrymore:“UponPonderingBreasts.”TomCruise:“AnExegesisonPsychiatry.”AnnCoulter:“MyKindofFun.”AndTrumpandSheenandSnooki,JohnBoehnerandMichelleBachman,MileyandKe$ha.HugoChavez.EvenaZenhaikubyEmmittSmith:Ithinkit’shisself-confidenceinhimselfthatmakeshimconfident.Withtheirgreatgiftforcuratingtheinanepublicutterancesofcelebrities,politicians,andotherself-importantloudmouths,KathrynandRossPetrasofferatimelesscollectionof“found”poetry—realquotesformattedasverseforhilariousandsurprisingeffect.Thequotesareinherentlyaddictiveandfunny—butturningthemintoverseintensifiestheeffect,makingthewordsevenmoreridiculous,parodiestorevelin.AndthePetrasestakeitonestepfurther:organizingthepoemsbythemes,introducingeachworkwithaNortonAnthologymockseriousness,discussing“schools,”andlardingthetextwithfootnotes,TheAnthologyofReallyImportantModernPoetryispuredeadpanpleasure.AwhiffofEmilyDickinsoninAnnCoulter?It’sliterarytreasure,rightunderournoses.

作者简介

KathrynPetraandRossPetras,sisterandbrother,areAmerica’sforemostexpertsincelebritystupidity,andauthorsmostrecentlyofTheStupidestThingsEverSaidBookofAll-TimeStupidestTop10Lists.KathylivesinManhattan.RossPetrasandKathrynPetras,sisterandbrother,areAmerica’sforemostexpertsincelebritystupidity,andauthorsmostrecentlyofTheStupidestThingsEverSaidBookofAll-TimeStupidestTop10Lists.RossliveswithhisfamilyinToronto.

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