A Short History of Monsters: Poems by Padua, Jose - 2019

University of Arkansas Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Fayetteville. 2019. March 2019. University of Arkansas Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781682260944. Miller Williams Poetry Series. 5 ½ × 8 ½. 60 pages. paperback. . keywords: Poetry. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Winner, Miller Williams Poetry Prize. We are the happy riders on the stream of Padua's consciousness . . a smart, sympathetic mind at work. - Billy Collins. Drawing on the spirit of New York City in decades past, A Short History of Monsters presents the sins and obsessions of a poet nimble in the beat and slam traditions. In this first full-length collection, Jose Padua wrestles with an American dream interrupted by failure, excess, and other nightmares. Often brash and unruly, these poems range from recollections of lost, drunken days to unadorned manifestations of hope. Throughout, the speaker redefines his relationship to pop culture, praising it, skewering it, and mourning it by turns. The poems that make up A Short History of Monsters tend toward both… Read More

Fayetteville. 2019. March 2019. University of Arkansas Press. Uncorrected Galley. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781682260944. Miller Williams Poetry Series. 5 ½ × 8 ½. 60 pages. paperback. . keywords: Poetry. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Winner, Miller Williams Poetry Prize. We are the happy riders on the stream of Padua's consciousness . . a smart, sympathetic mind at work. - Billy Collins. Drawing on the spirit of New York City in decades past, A Short History of Monsters presents the sins and obsessions of a poet nimble in the beat and slam traditions. In this first full-length collection, Jose Padua wrestles with an American dream interrupted by failure, excess, and other nightmares. Often brash and unruly, these poems range from recollections of lost, drunken days to unadorned manifestations of hope. Throughout, the speaker redefines his relationship to pop culture, praising it, skewering it, and mourning it by turns. The poems that make up A Short History of Monsters tend toward both… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. Drawing on the spirit of New York City in decades past, A Short History of Monsters presents the sins and obsessions of a poet nimble in beat and slam traditions. In his first full-length collection, Jose Padua wrestles with an American dream interrupted by failure, excess, and other nightmares.

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Univ of Arkansas Pr, 2019. Paperback. New. 60 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.25 inches.