{"product_id":"life-in-the-past-lane-9781953103406","title":"Life in the Past Lane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his impressive third volume, Peter Carlaftes digs into the beauty-and lunacy--of contemporary culture and its tendency to masque and disrupt the sustainability not just of the planet, but human nature itself. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cb\u003eLife in the Past Lane\u003c\/b\u003e are both daring and discreet, ranging from full frontal assaults on political and religious cults to tender, discerning, intimate studies of the challenges of self-faith, relationships and maintaining quiet equilibrium in the noisy space of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRisk-taking and endlessly innovative, Carlaftes offers poems that dare to ask questions to which there is no answer, and to answer the unasked. It looks at the past clear-eyed, without reverence, and studies the place in the road where we are now, weaving cultural and personal memory with the currency that too-often ignores how we arrived. This extraordinary collection, relentlessly accessible, surprises with the depth of poems and the clarity of the thoughts, concepts, and execution that forged them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Carlaftes\u003c\/b\u003e is author of five books including the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eDrunkyard Dog\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Fold With the Hand I Was Dealt\u003c\/i\u003e and two collections of plays: \u003ci\u003eTeatrophy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTriumph for Rent\u003c\/i\u003e. He is co-editor of the annual contemporary dada journal, \u003ci\u003eMaintenant\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Faking Of The President: Nineteen Stories of White House Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. His poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNYC from the Inside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove Love Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChorus: A Literary Mixtape\u003c\/i\u003e and many more. He is co-director of Three Rooms Press.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Three Rooms Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50498158657810,"sku":"9781953103406","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5b7c267-43c8-4c47-979a-577493ec3527.jpg?v=1730727841","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/life-in-the-past-lane-9781953103406","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}