{"product_id":"sonnets-about-serial-killers-the-poetry-your-teacher-wouldnt-let-you-read-paperback","title":"Sonnets about Serial Killers: The Poetry Your Teacher Wouldn't Let You Read - 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\u003eS. P. Somtow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE POETRY YOUR TEACHER WOULDN'T LET YOU READ Somtow flogs a dead horse to life in this astonishing collection of sonnets. Horror and humor, pathos and putridity, the sublime, the subliminal, and the sublimated all blend together in this tour-de-force of madcap invention. Exposing the human condition in all its grittiness and unwitting comedy, this book is the first collection of S.P. Somtow's poetry since the pretentious outpourings of his adolescent years. \"There's life in this art form,\" he says, \"plenty of life, as long as you're willing to dive headlong into the maëlstorm of our insane twenty-first century existence.\" His subject matter comes from the tabloids: serial killers, sex scandals, mass murderers, and hate crimes. Distilled into the severe discipline of the sonnet form, these tawdry subjects find a new resonance, and new relevance, and we recognize in ourselves a continuity with our own past.... \"Be scared, my friends. Be very, very scared.\u003cbr\u003e This book will take you from the paths you've known, \u003cbr\u003e To sights unseen, dark corners never bared, \u003cbr\u003e To deeds undared, halls never braved alone.\u003cbr\u003e Forget the world of Spenser's airy Faerie\u003cbr\u003e Shakespeare's bisexual angst, or Petrarch's passion;\u003cbr\u003e This poet's cream's decidedly non-dairy, \u003cbr\u003e His skewed perspective somewhat not the fashion.\u003cbr\u003e To this poetic banquet do I bring\u003cbr\u003e Inquiring minds that have inquired too much: \u003cbr\u003e Of Court TV and Tabloids do I sing, \u003cbr\u003e Of killers, perverts, hypocrites, and such, \u003cbr\u003e For in life's drama, they too play their part.\u003cbr\u003e Inhuman horror hides a human heart.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46196215087301,"sku":"9780986053351","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/UkgSBIfiwf9780986053351.webp?v=1778273836","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/sonnets-about-serial-killers-the-poetry-your-teacher-wouldnt-let-you-read-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}