Research Catalog

Title

Eavesdrop soup / Matt Cook.

Author

Cook, Matt, 1969-

Publication

San Francisco : Manic D Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Details

Description

78 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"In this outrageous second volume of distinctive poetry, spoken word Slam champ Matt Cook tackles science ("Static Electricity"), geography ("Summary of Pittsburgh"), and death ("Oblong Strongboxes"), among other topics. His vision is that of the blue-collar Midwest, observing life perceptively globally ("Goat Transactions") and locally ("The Man Across the Street"). Quirky and humorous, with a subtext of serious social commentary, Cook's writing redefines the boundaries of poetic tradition."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Blue collar workers > Poetry
• Middle West > Poetry

Contents

Songbirds -- The matches in our matchbook -- Progress -- The poem broke -- Constructive criticism -- Walking through snow -- Pocket pool -- One encouraging sign -- Eclipse -- Thank you -- American notes (1842) -- Where the guy used to put the milk -- Imaginary lines -- The child -- Back during the twentieth century -- Bad potato scholarship -- This -- Static electricity -- Nonsense -- My pen -- The pants in this city -- Maybe -- Her -- Summary of Pittsburgh -- Tequila -- Room for cream -- Memoir -- The waitresses -- Shipwreck -- Visualize the governor -- Goat transactions -- These people -- His problem -- Grant's tomb -- An obligation -- According to the officer -- A girl in Milwaukee and a girl in Brooklyn -- Worse than fruit bats -- This river -- Contingency plan -- Oxford -- A more refined slant -- The grave -- No idea -- Two police officers -- Not convinced -- Hit parade -- The noises -- The point -- The corn inspector -- Oblong strongboxes -- The man across the street -- The center of the Earth -- Nostalgia -- The end of the world -- Parallel parking.

ISBN

1933149000 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005006149

OCLC

• ocm58468073
• SCSB-5189875

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries