{"product_id":"on-generation-corruption-poems-hardcover-1","title":"On Generation \u0026 Corruption: Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerrence Chiusano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposed of several distinct yet inter-woven long poems, On Generation \u0026amp; Corruption is structured around the conceits of location and dislocation, as it deconstructs a picture-postcard American town. Its title is a clue: in printer's terms, each \"generation\" reproduced is more \"corrupt\" than the last. Through this metaphor, Chiusano alludes to the distance from confessional speech that the book embodies in its complex tales and Escher-like syntax. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003efrom \"daybook\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJULY 1\u003cbr\u003e Bog. Spillway. River bank. Cow shit. Shade pools. Boot prints. \u003cbr\u003eTadpoles. Reed beds. Shallows. Eddies. Snags. Cottonmouths. Cobwebs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJULY 2\u003cbr\u003e The stare stares behind-the-back, bright, between butt-crack and\u003cbr\u003ethigh. The stare widens into a paddle, wide and flat enough to make a \u003cbr\u003edraft when it flaps. The stare picks its nose. The stare halfway wonders\u003cbr\u003ewhy the closet door is only half-closed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* * * \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When ecstasy is parted from its practice, when rapture is forced to\u003cbr\u003echoose, that's me: the first efforts, independent principalities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJULY 3\u003cbr\u003e If I draw a hand, say, or a foot, I tow it into view. If I name, a slender \u003cbr\u003eankle, a napping neck, I pull it like a dove out of a derby, pigeon out of a \u003cbr\u003eporkpie hat.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTERRENCE CHIUSANO\u003c\/strong\u003e received his B.A. in Poetry Writing from the University of Pittsburgh and his M.A. in Literature from the University at Buffalo. His poems have appeared in Colorado Review, Cordite Poetry Review, Yellow Field, Kenning, Ixnay, Queen Street Quarterly, Basinski: A Zine of the Arts, Ignation, and elsewhere. He lives in Pittsburgh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 8.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354022002937,"sku":"9780823265770","price":85.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/zrswYynIX19780823265770_9ae84f35-0bef-475e-9737-50651a6723be.webp?v=1769828987","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/on-generation-corruption-poems-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}