{"product_id":"barfly-paperback","title":"Barfly - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Lista\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA CBC Books' Poetry Collection to Watch for in Spring 2024 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- A \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e Most Anticipated Spring Title\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe're in love, but we're still Millennials. \/ What's wrong with our hearts is congenital. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBarfly\u003c\/em\u003e, the poet comes back to haunt himself, and us. In this incomparable third collection, his first in a decade, Michael Lista returns to reinvent poetry with humour, pugnacity, and a deeply singular voice. Splicing Byronic rhymes and Auden's meters with the twenty-first century irreverence of a late-stage Twitter feed, the poems in Barfly are alternatingly aggressive, sweet, deadly, and raw with a break-your-heart vulnerability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Lista\u003c\/b\u003e is an investigative journalist, essayist and poet. He has worked as a book columnist for the \u003cem\u003eNational Post \u003c\/em\u003eand as the poetry editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of four books: the poetry volumes \u003cem\u003eBloom \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Scarborough\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eStrike Anywhere\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of his writing about literature, television and culture; and \u003cem\u003eThe Human Scale: Murder, Mischief and Other Selected Mayhems\u003c\/em\u003e, a book of longform journalism. His essays and investigative stories have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCanadaland\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eToronto Life\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a contributing editor at\u003cem\u003e Toronto Life\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/em\u003e. He was the 2017 Margaret Laurence Fellow at Trent University and the winner of the 2020 National Magazine Awards for both Investigative Reporting and Long Form Feature Writing. His story \"The Sting\" is being adapted by Adam Perlman, Robert Downey Jr., and Team Downey into a television series for Apple TV+.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41724794994823,"sku":"9781771966115","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/df78b3f455107dccbbaa7e2953a41de5.webp?v=1734098541","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/barfly-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}