Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion
Paperback 120 pages English Nov 17, 2015
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Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion is a collection of found poems composed of the words of professional athletes. The content of post-game interviews and sports chatter is so often meaningless, if not insufferable, and yet there are athletes like Metta World Peace who transcend lame clichéeacute;s and rote patter, who use language in surprising ways, who can be funny and shocking and insightful and alarmingly sincere -- pure poetry. Muhammad Ali offered dazzling displays of lexical wizardry, and Allen Iverson's infamous "practice" rant shifted the post-game press conference from the banal to the absurd. This book is a celebration of these rare and exceptional moments. Various poetic forms and line-breaks highlight -- or, in the words of Deion Sanders, "deem to set a candor on" -- the sophisticated, sublime, and surprising performances of language made by professional athletes.
- Author:
- Jeff Parker, Pasha Malla
- Publisher:
- Featherproof Books
- Publication Date:
- Nov 17, 2015
- Number of pages:
- 120 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0983186340
- ISBN-13:
- 9780983186342