{"product_id":"dont-be-interestingisbn-9780771057243","title":"Don't Be Interesting","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn acclaimed finalist for the International Dylan Thomas Prize -- and one of our most galvanizing poets -- takes on The Future in a sharply perceptive and provocative new collection of poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon’t Be Interesting\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection that grapples with The Future – as public morality-keeper and private reckoner. The book explores the lines dividing the present from both the future and the past. Its channels include all the breadth of mass experience, from film and sport to science fiction novels, war, history, technology, and biography. Part travelogue, the book dredges up mid-century optimisms in Europe and America. In tones that range from wryly empathetic to downright caustic, \u003ci\u003eDon’t Be Interesting\u003c\/i\u003e calls out to idols and villains, from athletes to folk heroes to musicians to war criminals, and asks us what becomes of the future once the past and present have merged into one?\u003cb\u003ePraise for Jacob McArthur Mooney:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• \"With big ideas and microscopic detail, [Mooney’s poetry] defies easy sound bites, and it is electric with insight and currency.\" --\u003ci\u003eArc Poetry Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• \"His poems are subtle and intelligent, with a wry brand of tenderness, his humour sparking with a Generation Y refusal of full-on Gen-X ironic distance.\" --\u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• \"Mooney proves himself capable of drawing unexpected connections across far-flung intellectual terrain, and of telling a good yarn without sacrificing linguistic interest.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Bull Calf\u003c\/i\u003eJACOB McARTHUR MOONEY is the highly acclaimed author of two previous books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe New Layman’s Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFolk\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry and the International Dylan Thomas Prize. He curates and hosts the bi-weekly Pivot Reading Series in Toronto, and is the editor of the 2015 edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Best Canadian Poetry in English\u003c\/i\u003e. A Nova Scotian now living in Toronto, he is a graduate of the MFA in Creative Writing program at the University of Guelph.","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301908893925,"sku":"NP9780771057243","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780771057243.jpg?v=1730749115","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/dont-be-interestingisbn-9780771057243","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}