{"product_id":"verse-and-worse-selected-and-new-poems-of-steve-mccaffery-1989-2009-paperback","title":"Verse and Worse: Selected and New Poems of Steve McCaffery 1989-2009 - Paperback","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\u003eSteve McCaffery\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDarren Wershler\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVerse and Worse: Selected and New Poems of Steve McCaffery 1989-2009\u003c\/i\u003e presents texts from the last two decades of work by Steve McCaffery, one of the most influential and innovative of contemporary poets. The volume focuses on selections from McCaffery's major texts, including \u003ci\u003eThe Black Debt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheory of Sediment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cheat of Words\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlightly Left of Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e, but also features a substantial number of previously ungathered poems. As playful as they are cerebral, McCaffery's poems stage an incessant departure from conventional lyrical and narrative methods of making meaning. For those encountering McCaffery's work for the first time as well as for those who have followed the twists and turns of his astonishingly heterogeneous poetic trajectory over the past four decades--this volume is essential reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve McCaffery\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of over twenty-five books of poetry and criticism. He has twice been awarded the Gertrude Stein Award for innovative poetry and twice shortlisted for the Governor General's Award. His poems have been published in more than a dozen countries. A long-time resident of Toronto, he is currently the David Gray Professor of Poetry and Letters, University at Buffalo. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDarren Wershler\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or co-author of ten books, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and, with Bill Kennedy, \u003ci\u003eapostrophe\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). The former senior editor of Coach House Books, Wershler is an assistant professor of communication studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, faculty at the Canadian Film Centre Interactive Art and Entertainment Program, and a research affiliate of the IP Osgoode Intellectual Property Law \u0026amp; Technology program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.7 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47506329632946,"sku":"9781554581887","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/vtBU1w5_AO9781554581887.webp?v=1779551178","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/verse-and-worse-selected-and-new-poems-of-steve-mccaffery-1989-2009-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}