{"product_id":"of-course-by-catherine-wagner","title":"Wagner, Catherine: Of Course","description":"\u003cp\u003eFence Books (paperback, 03\/31\/2020)\u003c\/p\u003e\n*\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/collections\/new-noteworthy\"\u003eNew \u0026amp; Noteworthy\u003c\/a\u003e: Catherine Wagner’s \u003cem\u003eOf Course\u003c\/em\u003e is of a warped language at high speeds, obsessed with misinterpretation and representation, with getting through the noise of the world’s detestable, weedy golf-course backgrounds, the seedy city and its under-highway bugs. Who gets to play here, to sex, to say? There’s an instinct toward sonic, physical pleasure, which obliterates the very idea of empathy. “An I was built to rip a \/ we apart?” In a disarming critique of academic free discourse and domination, and a titillating examination of poetry’s role in society, Wagner sideswipes at mundanity’s cadence, offering up a rueful ride through her internal voyages. Any student of poetry will find refuge here, or else be completely totaled by Wagner’s “record of expansion,” provisional talk, and hearsay.","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31304817901591,"sku":"9781944380168","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/content_bf877cfd-2b6e-40e7-b17e-1edb4569fbe9.jpg?v=1585610598","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/of-course-by-catherine-wagner","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}