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Romans/Snowmare

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  • Author: Scott, Cam
    Contributor: Scott, Cam
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    2019
    Summary:

    Both a daybook of anti-capitalist ideation and a homoerotic reinvention of the prairie long poem, this unique debut resonates with a love of language and experiment. Written from within the strictures of the working day, the book's title poem issues from a practice of daily collage, comprising the first layer of a potentially interminable personal epic. As a lyric counterbalance, a central section follows a punk band throughout dozens of countries connected by and subjugated to capital. These poems attempt to preserve the superficiality and sincerity of fast-paced social engagement, alluding to the material conditions that permit some people--tourists, artists, musicians--free movement at the expense of others. A beautifully intelligent, playful, and meticulously written book, ROMANS/SNOWMARE deftly circles the perimeter of the self while drawing the communal inward.

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    Table of Contents:

    • Romans
    • Snowmare
    • After the Party
    • The Unsummoned
    • The After-Party
    • Snowmare
    • Voiceover
    • Romans
    • Thirty-Five Dollar Poem
    • Snowmare
    • Honed Pome
    • Zones
    • In An American Country
    • AKA Cake "The First"
    • The Unsummoned
    • AKA Cake "Thirsty Seconds in Heaven"
    • Snowmare
    • Acknowledgements
    Original Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, ARP Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781927886274, 1927886279