Jon Paul Fiorentino

The Theory of the Loser Class

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Poetry. If the Anthony Michael Hall character in The Breakfast Club wrote poems (and, deep down, you know that he did), they'd probably read a lot like THE THEORY OF THE LOSER CLASS. Drawing on texts ranging from Thorstein Veblen's groundbreaking The Theory of the Leisure Class to Star Wars (the nerd Bible) for inspiration, this carefully crafted suite of poems documents the tribulations and insecurities of everyone's inner geek. Fiorentino maps the psychic territory of abjection across the shopworn spaces of suburban Winnipeg, where a landscape of aging strip malls, burned-out houses and living rooms littered with video-game consoles serves… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-55245-168-7
EAN: 9781552451687
Produktnummer: 2312491
Verlag: Coach House Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Seitenangabe: 96 S.
Masse: H13.4 cm x B22.3 cm x D1.1 cm 152 g
Gewicht: 152
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Jon Paul Fiorentino is a poet, editor, and teacher. He is the author of the poetry collections, Resume Drowning (Broken Jaw Press, 2002) and Transcona Fragments (Cyclops Press, 2002) which was shortlisted for the Carol Shields Book Award. His most recent poeticroject is a book of synaptic syntax entitled Hello Serotonin (Coach House Books, 2004). His next editorial project is the anthology Post-Prairie - a collaborative effort with Robert Kroetsch. He lives in Montreal where he is an Editor for Matrix magazine.