{"product_id":"9781941196472","title":"CAMPAIGN","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn February 1, 2016, the date of the Iowa Caucus, David Breskin began a project that would carry him through the American presidential election. An ex- journalist, Breskin set out to “cover” this most strange and historic election, under the pressure of a reporter’s daily deadline, by writing one poem a day. He created a deliberately awkward, rollickingly restrictive form—seven beats per line, eleven lines per poem—and, noting our preference for the convenience of sound- bite news and junk-food polls over more nutritious fare, called them “7-Elevens.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is \u003cem\u003eCampaign\u003c\/em\u003e, a fierce, prescient, oddly moving and scathingly funny book. No one is spared (not Ted, not Marco, not Carly; not Hillary nor Bernie nor The Donald; not the Pope nor Scalia nor even Jeb!) as Breskin shines a searching light on the hubris and folly of our would-be leaders. Yet he also captures what is fine about America and Americans, even under siege. “Smashed glass of freedom, a toast \/ for this sad ballad country \/ that orphans its immigrants.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCampaign \u003c\/em\u003eis a record of the election unfolding in real time: its distractions and psychodramas laid bare; its bit-part players of single news cycles recycled; the silliness of its silly season skewered. All the while, the drumbeat of essential issues sounds throughout these seventy-seven beat poems, reminding us what was—and remains—at stake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MadHat, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044330062064,"sku":"9781941196472","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781941196472_p0.jpg?v=1763756036","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781941196472","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}