{"product_id":"contradictions-in-the-design-paperback","title":"Contradictions in the Design - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Matthew Olzmann's poetry is that rare thing that embraces complication while, at every turn, filling us with wonder. \u003ci\u003eContradictions in the Design \u003c\/i\u003eincorporates 'patterns among celestial bodies, the mysteries of Christ, X + Y, crossword puzzles, free will, ' but also the playfulness and oddities of life that allow us to laugh hardest at ourselves. Desire, Supervillains, Moby, and 'the idea of Moby': prepare yourself to be dazzled.\"--C. Dale Young\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese political poems employ humor to challenge the cultural norms of American society, focusing primarily on racism, social injustices and inequality. Simultaneously, the poems take on a deeper, personal level as it carefully deconstructs identity and the human experience, piecing them together with unflinching logic and wit. Olzmann takes readers on a surreal exploration of discovery and self-evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom: \"Elegy Where Small Towns Are Obscured By Mountains\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e ...There are all kinds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eof stories eaten by history and silence\u003cbr\u003eand neglect. Above a door, something stirs\u003cbr\u003ethe chimes, and reminds someone inside\u003cbr\u003ethat where there is wind: a song, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ehowever faint. A man hears it, and passes\u003cbr\u003ethrough a screen door into a night of fireflies. \u003cbr\u003eHe looks around as if called by a voice.\u003cbr\u003eThe wind has passed. The chimes are quiet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Olzmann\u003c\/b\u003e's first book of poems, \u003ci\u003eMezzanines\u003c\/i\u003e, received the 2011 Kundiman Prize and was published by Alice James Books. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForklift\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOhio \u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Currently, he is a visiting professor of Creative Writing in the undergraduate writing program at Warren Wilson College and co-editor of the \u003ci\u003eCollagist\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice James Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48694823354585,"sku":"9781938584275","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3121\/5065\/files\/9781938584275.jpg?v=1778562874","url":"https:\/\/www.blacknectarbooks.com\/products\/contradictions-in-the-design-paperback","provider":"blacknectar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}