{"product_id":"come-on-all-you-ghosts-paperback","title":"Come on All You Ghosts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Zapruder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Charming, melancholy, hip.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Zapruder's innovative style is provocative in its unusual juxtapositions of line, image and enjambments. . . . Highly recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Zapruder's third book mixes humor and invention with love and loss, as when the breath of a lover is compared to \"a field of titanium gravestones \/ growing warmer in the sun.\" The title poem is an elegy for the heroes and mentors in the poet's life--from David Foster Wallace to the poet's father. Zapruder's poems are direct and surprising, and throughout the book he wrestles with the desire to do well, to make art, and to face the vast events of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLook out scientists! Today the unemployment rate\u003cbr\u003eis 9.4 percent. I have no idea what that means. I tried\u003cbr\u003eto think about it harder for a while. Then\u003cbr\u003etried standing in an actual stance of mystery\u003cbr\u003eand not knowing towards the world.\u003cbr\u003eWhich is my job. As is staring at the back yard\u003cbr\u003eand for one second believing I am actually\u003cbr\u003erising away from myself. Which is maybe\u003cbr\u003ewhat I have in common right now with you . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Zapruder\u003c\/b\u003e holds degrees from Amherst College, UC Berkeley, and the University of Massachusetts. He is the author of two previous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Pajamaist\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the William Carlos Williams Award and was honored by \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e with a \"Best Poetry Book of the Year\" listing. He lives in San Francisco and is an editor at Wave Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Zapruder: Matthew Zapruder holds degrees from Amherst College, UC Berkeley, and the University of Massachusetts. He is the author of two collections of poetry, American Linden and The Pajamaist, which won the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America and was honored by Library Journal as one of the top ten poetry volumes of 2006. He lives in San Francisco, teaches poetry as a member of the permanent faculty of the Juniper Summer Writing Institute, and works as an editor for Wave Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53093292802272,"sku":"9781556593222","price":17.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/7HNG4pDj6_9781556593222.webp?v=1781640800","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/come-on-all-you-ghosts-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}