Cruise Missile Liberals

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Cruise Missile Liberals
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AuthorSpencer Gordon
Language Canadian English
Genre Satire
Published Gibsons, British Columbia
PublisherNightwood Editions
Publication date
October 1, 2017
Publication place Canada
Media type poetry collection
ISBN 9780889713338

Cruise Missile Liberals is a 2017 poetry collection. It is the debut poetry book of Canadian writer Spencer Gordon. [1] The book features satirical poems with themes of politics and or popular culture. [2]

Contents

Reception

The book received positive reviews. CBC Books called it "highly experimental, highly witty and ... dripping with charisma". [3] Barb Carey of the Toronto Star found it to be funny and heartfelt while noting that the material shows off Gordon's "acerbic wit" and "knack for nifty turns of phrase". [2] The Globe and Mail 's Domenica Martinello gave the book a positive review, characterizing it as absurdist and vivid in its tackling of societal ills. [4] Stevie Howell of Quill & Quire gave the book a starred review, describing it as a "complex and accomplished first collection from a writer who has honed his voice by listening". [5] Jonathan Ball of Winnipeg Free Press called it "[A book of] disturbing, wry intelligence … [and] taut, careful craft". [6] Tim Conley of the journal Canadian Literature states that the book is fun and features "bored Epicureanism with at least a shot of suburban self-loathing", summarising that it mixes positive and negative attributes. [7] Phillipe Pamela Dungao of Broken Pencil reviewed its titular poem and found it to be a complex reflection of life in the modern day. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Patrick, Ryan B. (October 12, 2017). "Why Spencer Gordon aspires to be Céline Dion when he writes". CBC . Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  2. 1 2 Carey, Barb (October 27, 2017). "Debut poets mark the latest collections for poetry lovers". Toronto Star . Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  3. ↑ Staff (August 25, 2017). "16 Canadian poetry collections to watch for". CBC Books . Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  4. ↑ Martinello, Domenica (December 14, 2017). "Reviews: Chris Banks's The Cloud Versus Grand Unification Theory and Spencer Gordon's Cruise Missile Liberals". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  5. ↑ Howell, Stevie (January 1, 2018). "Cruise Missile Liberals". Quill & Quire . Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  6. ↑ Ball, Jonathan (September 23, 2017). "Beaulieu brilliantly blows up Warhol". Winnipeg Free Press . Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  7. ↑ Conley, Tim. "Whether You Win or Lose". Canadian Literature (House, Home, Hospitality special issue of Canadian Literature 237 (2019)): 146–147 – via Canlit.ca.
  8. ↑ Dungao, Phillipe Pamela (May 8, 2018). "Cruise Missile Liberals poetry book sketches out the picture of liberalism in the modern world". Broken Pencil . No. 79.
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