{"product_id":"proses-incomparable-parables-fabulous-fables-cruel-tales-9781950268979","title":"Proses: Incomparable Parables! Fabulous Fables! Cruel Tales!","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the grand tradition of poet's fiction, \u003ci\u003eProses: Incomparable Parables! Fabulous Fables! Cruel Tales! \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of nine phantasmagorical stories by beloved poet and City Lights editor, Garrett Caples.\u003c\/b\u003eResolutely turning its back on the ethos of traditional narrative, \u003ci\u003eProses\u003c\/i\u003e draws on Marcel Schwob, magical realism, and speculative fiction for inspiration, projecting worlds dominated by dream logic and impossible (and often hilarious) dimensions. Spectral nuns, xenobots, explosive phraseology, and even Ringo Starr are just some of the unexpected dilemmas confronting the various protagonists of \u003ci\u003eProses\u003c\/i\u003e. Poets such as Andrew Joron, Kit Schluter, and Claude Grind of Verdoux Books, make cameo appearances--including, at times, Caples himself! While each story is a standalone, the collection amounts to an intricate whole, as themes, objects, and even characters recur, encouraging readers to enjoy the book sequentially. Regardless of how it is enjoyed, \u003ci\u003eProses\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a satire of the world of contemporary poetry and publishing and a celebration of that world's fantastic and infinite imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGarrett Caples is the author of \u003ci\u003eProses: Incomparable Parables! Fabulous Fables! Cruel Tales!\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books 2024), \u003ci\u003eLovers of Today\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2021), \u003ci\u003ePower Ballads\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2016), \u003ci\u003eComplications\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eThe Garrett Caples Reader \u003c\/i\u003e(1999), a collection of outtakes, \u003ci\u003eThe Rise \u0026amp; Fall of Johnny Volume\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), and a bilingual selection, \u003ci\u003e Noches Apátridas\u003c\/i\u003e (Unstated Nights, 2019). He's also written a book of essays, \u003ci\u003eRetrievals\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), and a pamphlet, \u003ci\u003eQuintessence of the Minor \u003c\/i\u003e(2010). He's the editor of Philip Lamantia's \u003ci\u003ePreserving Fire: Selected Prose\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). He is an editor at City Lights Books, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series. He has a PhD in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50535477084434,"sku":"9781950268979","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_42d0f7c7-9d16-451a-b250-e4b66c4a0f0d.jpg?v=1731437279","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/proses-incomparable-parables-fabulous-fables-cruel-tales-9781950268979","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}