{"product_id":"the-second-sex-isbn-9780143126645","title":"The Second Sex","description":"\u003cb\u003eA second collection from a poet of “sheer joy and dizzy command” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUpon its publication in 2012, \u003ci\u003eAlien vs. Predator,\u003c\/i\u003e the debut collection by Michael Robbins, became one of the hottest and most celebrated works of poetry in the country, winning acclaim for its startling freshness and originality, and leading critics to say that it was the most likely book in years to open up poetry to a new readership.  \u003cbr\u003eRobbins’s poems are strange, wonderful, wild, and irrationally exuberant, mashing up high and low culture with “a sky-blue originality of utterance” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). The thirty-six new poems in \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex \u003c\/i\u003ecarry over the music, attitude, hilarity, and vulgarity of \u003ci\u003eAlien vs. Predator,\u003c\/i\u003e while also working deeper autobiographical and political veins.\u003cb\u003eMichael Robbins\u003c\/b\u003e now lives in New Jersey. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWalkman\u003c\/i\u003e and two previous poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eAlien vs. Predator\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEquipment for Living: On Poetry and Pop Music\u003c\/i\u003e, a volume of essays, as well as the editor of \u003ci\u003eMargaret Cavendish\u003c\/i\u003e, a selection of the duchess’s poems. He is an associate professor of English at Montclair State University.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299795488997,"sku":"NP9780143126645","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143126645.jpg?v=1767741387","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-second-sex-isbn-9780143126645","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}