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Optic Subwoof
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"A book of lectures by Douglas Kearney, published in the Bagley Wright Lecture Series"--
A collection of Bagley Wright lectures given by Griffin Poetry Awardñwinner and National Book Award finalist Douglas Kearney.
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Winner of the 2023 CLMP Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction
Winner of the Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism
Optic Subwoof is a collection of talks that poet and National Book Award finalist Douglas Kearney presented for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series in 2020 and 2021.
As kinetic on the page as they are in person, these lectures offer an urgent critique of the intersections between violence and entertainment, interrogating the ways in which poetry, humor, visual art, music, pop culture, and performance alternately uphold and subvert this violence.
With genius precision and an avant-garde sensibility, Kearney examines the nuances around Black visibility and its aestheticization. In myriad ways, Optic Subwoof is a book that establishes Kearney as one of the most dynamic writers and thinkers of the twenty-first century.
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Optic Subwoof by Douglas Kearney is praised for its miraculous prosody and unique sound, with critics noting Kearney's exceptional ability to create an immersive auditory experience. The poems are described as prismatic and disorienting, capable of altering meaning with changing perspectives, offering a revolutionary and intimate connection to readers.
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ISBN: 9781950268672
Publisher: Wave Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 16 February 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Wave Books
Illustration: Collages throughout the book
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 209.0mm
Height: 152.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 176
About the Author
Douglas Kearney
has published seven poetry collections, includingSho(Wave 2021), which is a finalist for the PEN and the National Book Award,Buck Studies(Fence Books, 2016), winner of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Award, the CLMP Firecracker Award for Poetry, and the California Book Award silver medal for poetry.He has received a Whiting Writer's Award, a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, residencies/fellowships from Cave Canem, The Rauschenberg Foundation, and others. Kearney teaches Creative Writing at the University of MinnesotaTwin Cities and lives in St. Paul with his family.
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