{"product_id":"9781936196494","title":"Letter to So-And-So from Wherever","description":"\"Dazzling and dizzying are the two words that come to mind after reading Mike Dockins' latest collection of poetry, Letters to So-and-So from Wherever. In this remarkable compilation of letter-poems, Dockins is a darkly comic contemporary Whitman-his language as rich and stunning, his reach as exuberant and far-ranging. From the hilariously poignant opening missive to Santa Claus to the final lines of 'Letter to Sanders from Academia'-his zany critique of (among other things) academia and corporate America-this book will carry you on a brilliant and wildly magnificent ride.\"\u003cbr\u003eBeth Gylys, Spot in the Dark\u003cp\u003e\"The thousand injuries of wasting through nearly eight years-eight years!- between books by Mike Dockins! I have grown thin and ragged. O how the insufferable suffering of the universe has screamed-no, yawped-for this. It was well worth the wait. America's book reviewers take note upon your iPads: here's the language laid brutally honest and crankified. Find and grip tiny thesauri to discover violent verbs that describe this assault: a pummeling, whomping, pugilating new collection.\"\u003cbr\u003eJamie Iredell, I Was a Fat Drunk Catholic School Insomniac\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C\u0026R Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050760519920,"sku":"9781936196494","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936196494_p0.jpg?v=1763657982","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936196494","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}