{"product_id":"optic-subwoof-9781950268672","title":"Optic Subwoof","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 CLMP Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOptic Subwoof\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a collection of talks that poet and National Book Award finalist Douglas Kearney presented for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series in 2020 and 2021.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs kinetic on the page as they are in person, these lectures offer an urgent critique of the intersections between violence and entertainment, interrogating the ways in which poetry, humor, visual art, music, pop culture, and performance alternately uphold and subvert this violence. With genius precision and an avant-garde sensibility, Kearney examines the nuances around Black visibility and its aestheticization. In myriad ways, \u003ci\u003eOptic Subwoof\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that establishes Kearney as one of the most dynamic writers and thinkers of the twenty-first century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas Kearney\u003c\/b\u003e has published seven poetry collections, including \u003cem\u003eSho\u003c\/em\u003e (Wave 2021), which is a finalist for the PEN and the National Book Award, \u003cem\u003eBuck Studies \u003c\/em\u003e(Fence Books, 2016), winner of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Award, the CLMP Firecracker Award for Poetry, and the California Book Award silver medal for poetry. He has received a Whiting Writer's Award, a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, residencies\/fellowships from Cave Canem, The Rauschenberg Foundation, and others. Kearney teaches Creative Writing at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and lives in St. Paul with his family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50561924694290,"sku":"9781950268672","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f2d59f7-bd8d-4088-81da-46bfb15a48a7.jpg?v=1731855133","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/optic-subwoof-9781950268672","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}