With Canada / US relations in the proverbial toilet (American
Standard, of course), Stephen Cain's third book blenderizes 'pop'
culture, politics and poetry to befuddle the border. From the
Howl-like opening rant about the militarism of the US to the
satirical 'History of Canada,' this collection interrogates
nationalism and cultural identity on both sides of the 49th
parallel and attempts to show that Auden was wrong: poetry can make
things happen. American Standard/Canada Dry includes odes to video
games, poems culled from Viagra junk mail and CNN reports on the
war, ruminations on Canadian poets, travelogues, concrete poems,
mistranslations of bird poems, and riffs on peculiar Canadianisms,
including homophonic translations of Quebecois lyrics. Deftly
oscillating between vitriolic verse and humour, the poems in
American Standard/Canada Dry interrogate poetics, nationalism and
Tim Hortons as thoroughly as a burly border avant-guard; they're
your passport to the land of a new political poetry.
General
Imprint: |
Coach House Books
|
Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
May 2001 |
First published: |
April 2001 |
Authors: |
Stephen Cain
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
120 |
Edition: |
None |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-55245-152-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-55245-152-6 |
Barcode: |
9781552451526 |
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