The Anthology of Really Important Modern Poetry: Timeless Poems by Snooki, John Boehner, Kanye West, and Other Well-Versed Celebrities
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (642 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 076116782X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kathryn Petras lives in Seattle.. Kathryn and Ross Petras, sister and brother, are great curators of quotes whose calendar, The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said, has sold over 4.6 million copies
A whiff of Emily Dickinson in Ann Coulter? It’s literary treasure, right under our noses.. And the Petrases take it one step further: organizing the poems by themes, introducing each work with a Norton Anthology mock seriousness, discussing “schools,” and larding the text with footnotes, The Anthology of Really Important Modern Poetry is pure deadpan pleasure. The quotes are inherently addictive and funny—but turning them into verse intensifies the effect, making the words even more ridiculous, parodies to revel in. Hugo Chavez. Drew Barrymore: “Upon Pondering Breasts.” Tom Cruise: &ld
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Kvetching Roochak It's almost frightening how much Rep. Michele Bachman's "poem" on page 211 reads like an excerpt from an Ezra Pound Canto, and how much Sen. Joe Lieberman (p.131), in a hot air rhapsody on American history, actually manages to sound like an unhinged Marianne Moore. Maybe the Petras siblings, specialists in skewering public blowhards with their own words, are onto something here.Scouring media interviews, public appearances, and leaked conversations for the work of 168 of our really important modern poets -- including Tom Cruise, Hugo Chavez, Donald Trump, Kanye West, Rahm Emanuel, L. "Fun book and conversation piece" according to M. Tague. While not a book that will keep you interested for very long, this anthology of dumb celebrity quotes (put on paper as if they were poetry) highlights some very amusing and out-of-touch musings from people like Kanye West (who really says some terribly stupid things in here) to Hillary Clinton. The reporting of this blather also says something about the way in which the general public is devoted to treating the words of the rich and famous like signs from the sky.. datura"Hilarious" according to datura2002. I was almost in tears after I picked this book up and started thumbing through it."Every time I look at something in this book, I can't stop laughing!" I said to a friend, between snorts.She replied, "Every time I point out something in this book to someone else, they can't stop laughing either.". 00"Hilarious" according to datura2002. I was almost in tears after I picked this book up and started thumbing through it."Every time I look at something in this book, I can't stop laughing!" I said to a friend, between snorts.She replied, "Every time I point out something in this book to someone else, they can't stop laughing either.". said Hilarious. I was almost in tears after I picked this book up and started thumbing through it."Every time I look at something in this book, I can't stop laughing!" I said to a friend, between snorts.She replied, "Every time I point out something in this book to someone else, they can't stop laughing either."
About the AuthorKathryn and Ross Petras, sister and brother, are great curators of quotes whose calendar, The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said, has sold over 4.6 million copies. Kathryn Petras lives in Seattle.