{"product_id":"9781556594342","title":"Rough Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Ed Skoog is a master of mischief and misdirection...I find a unique alchemy in this book: a deep sadness combined with a broad humor, and most of all a sense that I'm being allowed to see a poet watching himself in the midst of evolving, captured in motion like a series of time-lapse photographs.\" —Susan Cohen, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposed during long walks throughout Washington, DC, and careful to err on the side of recklessness, \u003ci\u003eRough Day\u003c\/i\u003e finds its essential unity in a fixation on American events and landscapes—from Yellowstone and New Orleans to Kansas and the Pacific Northwest. Throughout, Ed Skoog maintains an openness to discovery that unveils rare and prismatic views into his country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of Topeka, Kansas, Ed Skoog's first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eMister Skylight\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press), was published in 2009. His poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e . He teaches at the University of Montana and lives in Missoula, Montana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030572024048,"sku":"9781556594342","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781556594342_p0.jpg?v=1763755310","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781556594342","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}