Cult poet and musician Mike Doughty makes his print debut with Slanky, a black-comic stroll through the demimonde of pop culture and modern urban life.
Doughty's poems are at once absurdest and matter-of-fact; the images he conjures are thrown into high relief through cutting wordplay. In a series of prose poems about showbiz, he re imagines Cookie Monster as a burned-out suicide, and cheesy talk-show host Joe Franklin as a cross-dressing witness to the apocalypse. And in ""For Charlotte, Unlisted"" he wrenchingly tracks the elusive memory of a faded romance.
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Mike Doughty Imprint: Soft Skull Press Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 209mm,
Width: 139mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 100g ISBN:9781593765040 ISBN 10: 1593765045 Pages: 96 Publication Date:02 October 2012 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Mike Doughty is the founder the band Soul Coughing. Also an author his books include Slanky and The Book of Drugs. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee.