{"product_id":"9781552452486","title":"Li'l Bastard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2012 Governor General's Award for Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelding the deeply personal and the culturally popular, \u003ci\u003eLi'l Bastard\u003c\/i\u003e is confessional poetry as written by a chronic trickster and a committed liar. Written in part as an homage to John Berryman and Robert Lowell, this sequence of sixteen-line poems—\"chubby sonnets\"—explores the poet's obsessions (food, aging, baseball, beer, and \u003ci\u003eBarnaby Jones\u003c\/i\u003e) and map his midlife crisis on a wild flight through Montreal, Chicago, Nashville, Texas, and Los Angeles. Poignant and often achingly funny, \u003ci\u003eLi'l Bastard\u003c\/i\u003e will cement David McGimpsey's status as a beloved original.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid McGimpsey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four acclaimed collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eLardcake\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSitcom\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at Concordia University in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035461370096,"sku":"9781552452486","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781552452486_p0.jpg?v=1763752324","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781552452486","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}