{"product_id":"said-no-one-ever-9781936767649","title":"Said No One Ever","description":"\u003cp\u003eGregory Crosby is our go-to poet for cinematic deep-dives, apocalyptic parables, hot takes on literary dustups, and lusty interludes of backlit longing. \u003cem\u003eSaid No One Ever \u003c\/em\u003ecollects a decades' worth of breakneck verbal switchbacks and charged poetic insight-there is almost no subject pertinent to American culture that Crosby doesn't square up. Here we are in the 21st Century, our lives balanced between myth and modernity, advertising and socializing, as Hollywood babbles on and our political scene skips through horrors like a creature feature on a busted reel-but still Crosby manages to plumb these depths without breaking stride or giving in, taking us on a memorable journey through art, language, history, and entertainment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrosby, Gregory:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Gregory Crosby is the author of \u003cem\u003eWalking Away from Explosions in Slow Motion\u003c\/em\u003e (2018, The Operating System), and the chapbooks \u003cem\u003eSpooky Action at a Distance\u003c\/em\u003e (2014, The Operating System) and \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Thirteen\u003c\/em\u003e (2016, Yes Poetry); his poetry has appeared in numerous journals, including \u003cem\u003eCourt Green, Epiphany, Copper Nickel, Leveler, Sink Review, Ping Pong, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHyperallergic.\u003c\/em\u003e In 2002, as a poetry consultant to the City of Las Vegas, he was instrumental in the creation of the Lewis Avenue Poets Bridge, a public art project in downtown Las Vegas. His dedicatory poem for the project, The Long Shot, was subsequently reproduced in bronze and installed in the park, and was included in the 2008 anthology \u003cem\u003eLiterary Nevada: Writings from the Silver State\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Nevada Press). He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and teaches creative writing in the College Now program at Lehman College, City University of New York.","brand":"Brooklyn Arts Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50511185641746,"sku":"9781936767649","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c982ec1b-c8af-4d0e-8f11-2d74cf9823b3.jpg?v=1730944094","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/said-no-one-ever-9781936767649","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}