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Don't Be Interesting
  • Published: 15 April 2016
  • ISBN: 9780771057243
  • Imprint: McClelland & Stewart
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $36.00
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Don't Be Interesting

Poems

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22 Mar 2016
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15 Apr 2016
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An 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.

Don’t Be Interesting 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, Don’t Be Interesting 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?
  • Published: 15 April 2016
  • ISBN: 9780771057243
  • Imprint: McClelland & Stewart
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $36.00
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  • "Folk is a complex journey of retrieval that acts not only as a bridge to the past but as a kind of inventory of the past. It asserts itself as a poetry collection to be remembered by folks far and wide." Quill & Quire
  • "Mooney takes authentic and big literary risks, by exploring sincere emotionality, genuine political belief and considered poetic experiment. " Globe and Mail
  • "Mooney proves himself capable of drawing unexpected connections across far-flung intellectual terrain, and of telling a good yarn without sacrificing linguistic interest. His work will be equally compelling to writers and non-writers alike." The Bull Calf
  • "With big ideas and microscopic detail, Folk . . . is electric with insight and currency." Arc Poetry Magazine