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Mr. Either/Or: All the Rage

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Description

Mr. Either/Or: All the Rage is high-thrills poetry; set in a funhouse Manhattan apocalypse; a mixture of pregnancy, sleep-training and violence. A sequel to "Mr. Either/Or" (2017), this verse-novel features "you" the reader as a secret agent in Manhattan in which poetic rhythms cue and accompany action-scenes. "You" and your girlfriend Li-ling Levine save the world from villains fighting for anarchy and the end of the human race.

Product Details

PublisherEtruscan Press
Publish DateJune 20, 2023
Pages144
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9798985882438
Dimensions8.9 X 5.9 X 0.5 inches | 0.5 pounds

About the Author

Aaron Poochigian earned a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Minnesota and an M.F.A. in Poetry from Columbia University. His thriller in verse, Mr. Either/Or, was released by Etruscan Press in the fall of 2017. A recipient of an NEA Grant in translation, he has published translations with Penguin Classics and W. W. Norton. His latest book American Divine, the winner of the Richard Wilbur Award, came out in 2021. His other poetry collections are Manhattanite (Able Muse Press, 2017), winner of the 2016 Able Muse Book Award, and The Cosmic Purr (Able Muse Press, 2012). His work has appeared in such publications as Best American Poetry, the Paris Review and POETRY.

Reviews

Deep and strange, a rush and a puzzle, this book has followed me everywhere since I read it, like the eyes in a portrait or a car at night, with some a shadow behind the wheel. --Daniel Handler, Bottle Grove and A Series Of Unfortunate Events

Aaron Poochigian's verse novel, Mr. Either/Or: All the Rage, captures the dystopian near-future with the kind of ambitious language rarely seen since the death of W.H. Auden. It is fast-paced, thought-provoking, free of easy literary conventions, and--most importantly--a pleasure to read. --A.M. Juster, Wonder and Wrath

This book, this book ... what the hell is it? It is poems. It is television. It is hyperlinks and spy stuff and sex and hurricanes and a funhouse of mirrors and ... all in iambic pentameter? Aaron Poochigian is a demented genius. Don't worry if you don't understand the title. Just buckle up and enjoy. --Charles Bock, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Children and Alice & Oliver

Poochigian's work is genre-bending, mind-bending, thoroughly subversive, and fun as all hell. Mr. Either/Or: All the Rage is like a Molotov cocktail tossed from a roller-coaster into a high-society ballroom. Read it aloud and wait for the authorities to show up. --David Hollander, Anthropica and L.I.E.

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