Accidental Genius Volume 65
The Pantheon of Modern American Poets
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Guernica Editions,Canada
Published:1st Apr '15
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Using many right-wing extremists in North America (which means, in effect, weird Republicans), Garebian takes well-known utterances of egregious political, social, and cultural atrocity and present them as if they were modern poems deserving of serious academic consideration. The intent is to deflate by inflating them in mock-serious fashion. So, there are samples from the likes of Mitt Romney, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Michelle Bachmann, Antonin Scalia, Donald Trump, etc. but also from names from pop culture, e.g. Snooki, Tom Cruise, etc.
Accidental Genius is both wickedly clever and frightening. Using the tongue-in-cheek persona of a droll scholar/critic, Garebian takes the bafflegab of U.S. politicians, reality stars, pundits and the like, transfigures it into (faux) poetry to show, all too clearly, just ... where the Renaissance has led to ... -- Ronnie R. Brown, Peoples Poetry Award Winner
ISBN: 9781550719819
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120 pages