{"product_id":"breskin-david-campaign-9781941196472","title":"Campaign","description":"On February 1, 2016, the date of the Iowa Caucus, David Breskin began a project that would carry him through the American presidential election. An ex- journalist, Breskin set out to \"cover\" this most strange and historic election, under the pressure of a reporter's daily deadline, by writing one poem a day. He created a deliberately awkward, rollickingly restrictive form-seven beats per line, eleven lines per poem-and, noting our preference for the convenience of sound- bite news and junk-food polls over more nutritious fare, called them \"7-Elevens.\" The result is Campaign, a fierce, prescient, oddly moving and scathingly funny book. No one is spared (not Ted, not Marco, not Carly; not Hillary nor Bernie nor The Donald; not the Pope nor Scalia nor even Jeb!) as Breskin shines a searching light on the hubris and folly of our would-be leaders. Yet he also captures what is fine about America and Americans, even under siege. \"Smashed glass of freedom, a toast \/ for this sad ballad country \/ that orphans its immigrants.\" Campaign is a record of the election unfolding in real time: its distractions and psychodramas laid bare; its bit-part players of single news cycles recycled; the silliness of its silly season skewered. All the while, the drumbeat of essential issues sounds throughout these seventy-seven beat poems, reminding us what was-and remains-at stake.","brand":"Touchladybirdlucky Studios","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53408701219158,"sku":"9781941196472-G","price":1.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781941196472_1_10945b89-c030-4a6a-8660-8ff14049390e.jpg?v=1784242849","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/breskin-david-campaign-9781941196472","provider":"momox","version":"1.0","type":"link"}