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University of Pittsburgh Press

Flop Era: Poems

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Title: Flop Era: Poems
Author: Lara Egger
ISBN: 9780822967583
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 120
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: A New Yorker Best Book of 2025

Flop Era reckons with the complications of being human, and therefore, with the consequences of being fundamentally flawed. It contends with failed potential and the certain uncertainty of the future, while interrogating the past for clues that might explain why, as the speaker bemoans, "there are never enough nails in the coffin of poor choices." While Egger throws confetti on the quotidian, she disarms the reader with earnestness and vulnerability. Rich in metaphor, affable and self-deprecating, the poems in Flop Era shine a spotlight on regret, infidelity, the feminine ideal, fear of death, and fear of insignificance.