{"product_id":"9781619321472","title":"Shock by Shock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Dean Young challenges the reader to hang on as he jigs from one poetic style to another and sets a wondrous course across a Duchampian landscape.\"—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In Young's work, the big essential questions—mortality, identity, the meaning of life—aren't simply food for thought; they're grounds for entertainment.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Star \u003c\/i\u003e(Toronto)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDean Young escorts his transplanted heart into invigorating poetic territory that combines the joy of being alive with his signature mixture of surrealism, humor, and fast-cut imagery. A Pulitzer finalist known for his hard-won insights, NPR said it best when they observed that Young sees \"even in the smallest things the heights of what we can be.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Harvest\":\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBring me the high heart of a trapezist.\u003cbr\u003eIf not, bring me the heart of a drunk monk\u003cbr\u003eso I may illuminate an ancient text\u003cbr\u003ein a language I can't understand.\u003cbr\u003eThe brain too is blood, blood racing\u003cbr\u003e100 miles an hour on training wheels\u003cbr\u003eso let me splash through a red puddle,\u003cbr\u003elet me kiss the face of a red puddle,\u003cbr\u003elet me write my crazed, extreme demands\u003cbr\u003eon the frost-cracked window of god's split\u003cbr\u003echest… \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDean Young \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of twelve books of poetry, including finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and Griffin Award. He teaches at the University of Texas and lives in Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151749398768,"sku":"9781619321472","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619321472_p0.jpg?v=1763855518","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619321472","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}