{"product_id":"9781940696409-the-others","title":"The Others","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe next great American novel, in verse. Rohrer makes an ordinary day extraordinary with his wild, captivating, and unsettling tales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping, eerie, and hilarious novel-in-verse from poet Matthew Rohrer. In a Russian-doll of fictional episodes, we follow a midlevel publishing assistant over the course of a day as he encounters ghost stories, science fiction adventures, Victorian hashish eating, and robot bigfoots. Rohrer mesmerizes with wildly imaginative tales and resonant verse in this compelling love letter to storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ethis night\u003cbr\u003ethey all seemed asleep\u003cbr\u003efor a while the stark shadows\u003cbr\u003eheld me\u003cbr\u003eonly my mind moved\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewildly behind my eyes\u003cbr\u003euntil I heard a tiny\u003cbr\u003esong coming from the driver\u003cbr\u003esong of a bandit’s broken\u003cbr\u003eheart, song of his betrayal\u003cbr\u003eI slept and dreamed I was awake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Rohrer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSurrounded by Friends\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2015), \u003ci\u003eDestroyer and Preserver\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2011), \u003ci\u003eA Plate of Chicken\u003c\/i\u003e (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2009), \u003ci\u003eRise Up\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2007) and \u003ci\u003eA Green Light\u003c\/i\u003e (Verse Press, 2004), which was shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eSatellite\u003c\/i\u003e (Verse Press, 2001), and co-author, with Joshua Beckman, of \u003ci\u003eNice Hat. Thanks\u003c\/i\u003e. (Verse Press, 2002), and the audio CD \u003ci\u003eAdventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e. He has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered and The Next Big Thing. His first book, \u003ci\u003eA Hummock in the Malookas\u003c\/i\u003e was selected for the National Poetry Series by Mary Oliver in 1994. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at NYU.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55422326702454,"sku":"9781940696409","price":15.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33700074.jpg?v=1748608790","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781940696409-the-others","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}