{"product_id":"real-phonies-and-genuine-fakes-paperback","title":"Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes - 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\u003eNicky Beer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is illusion--a deception, or a revelation? What is a poem--the truth, or \"a diverting flash, \/ a mirror showing everything \/ but itself\"?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicky Beer's latest collection of poems is a labyrinthine academy specializing in the study of subterfuge; Marlene Dietrich, Dolly Parton, and Batman are its instructors. With an energetic eye, she thumbs through our collective history books--and her personal one, too--in an effort to chart the line between playful forms of duplicity and those that are far more insidious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough delicious japery, poems that can be read multiple ways, and allusions ranging from Puccini's operas to Law \u0026amp; Order, Beer troubles the notion of truth. Often, we settle for whatever brand of honesty is convenient for us, or whatever is least likely to spark confrontation--but this, Beer knows, is how we invite others to weigh in on what kind of person we are. This is how we trick ourselves into believing they're right. \"Listen \/ to how quiet it is when I lose the self-doubt played \/ for so long I mistook it for music.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReal Phonies and Genuine Fakes\u003c\/i\u003e asks us to look through the stereoscope: which image is the real one? This one--or this one, just here? With wisdom, humility, and a forthright tenderness, Nicky Beer suggests that we consider both--together, they might contribute to something like truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicky Beer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eReal Phonies and Genuine Fakes\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a bi\/queer writer, and the author of two other collections of poems, \u003ci\u003eThe Octopus Game\u003ci\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Diminishing House\u003ci\u003e, both winners of the Colorado Book Award. Her awards include a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, a MacDowell Fellowship, a fellowship and a scholarship from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, a Mary Wood Fellowship from Washington College, a Discovery\/The Nation Award, and a Campbell Corner Prize. Her poems have been published in \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003ci\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003ci\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003ci\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003ci\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review\u003ci\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003ci\u003e, and elsewhere. She is an associate professor at the University of Colorado-Denver, where she co-edits the journal \u003ci\u003eCopper Nickel\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728617632051,"sku":"9781571315397","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NEtVMnFvamhiV2RyR1ZQRkRvQjJjQT09.webp?v=1763787640","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/real-phonies-and-genuine-fakes-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}