{"product_id":"loplop-in-a-red-city-paperback","title":"Loplop in a Red City - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth Pobo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in Kenneth Pobo's \u003cem\u003eLoplop in a Red City\u003c\/em\u003e spring from artworks old and new, figurative to abstract, Vincent Van Gogh to Leonora Carrington to Max Ernst. Like those works, the poems in Loplop are agonized and idyllic, uneasily at home in the surreal, animated, beautiful, and complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eLoplop in a Red City: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot only does Pobo's work lead me to visualize new works of art ... but it also gives me works that are known in a new way. -- \u003cem\u003eEclectica\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePobo sees art as intricately tied to life. This notion pulsates throughout the collection. -- \u003cem\u003eCompulsive Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese wonderful poems go way beyond mere ekphrasis. They're little masterpieces in their own right, bursting with exuberant life from the page and into our memories without our having to know anything about the paintings that inspired them. - Robert Cooperman, author of \u003cem\u003eIn the Colorado Gold Fever Mountains, \u003c\/em\u003e winner of the Colorado Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's no ego here; it's laid bare, without any ribbons or bows, and in that simplicity, somehow more complex than most.... Pobo's talents for finding the right words, his precision as an artist, sing from the canvas in this collection. - Jerrod Edson, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Moon Is Real\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLoplop in a Red City\u003c\/em\u003e offers us a taste of super powers: Pobo's poems present lyrical, verbal play, and we also gain new insight into art, art history, and the painters who created the great works.... Pobo's poems will provide artistic companionship in the days and years ahead. - Marilyn Kallet, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Love That Moves Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461096325373,"sku":"9781939530035","price":23.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/aAXUqBE0m69781939530035.webp?v=1777256688","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/loplop-in-a-red-city-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}