{"product_id":"controvertibles","title":"Controvertibles","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eControvertibles\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eQuan Barry\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780822958604\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of Pittsburgh Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eControvertibles features more of the refined brilliance and delicate lyricism of this poet, cast in a more meditative mode. Throughout, she examines cultural objects by lifting them out of their usual settings and repositioning them in front of new, disparate backdrops. Doug Flutie's famous Hail Mary pass and Rutger Hauer's role in Blade Runner are contextualized within the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Bob Beamon's world-record-setting long jump in the 1968 Olympics is slowed down and examined in the style of The Matrix's revolutionary bullet time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eSamantha Smith, Richard Nixon, the Shroud of Turin, Igor Stravinsky, the largo from Handel's Xerxes, the resurrection of Lazarus, and the groundbreaking 1984 Apple Computer Super Bowl commercial are among the many disparate people and objects Barry uses to explore the multifaceted nature of existence.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Controvertibles | Quan Barry | Paperback | 9780822958604 | New | Poetry 1695098","offer_id":49229066043544,"sku":"1695098","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/811QvvetcfL.jpg?v=1781197763","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/controvertibles","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}