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It Was
Today by Adrei Codrescu Rating: •• (Mildly Recommended) |
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Dreams Poets use a few words and images to
capture life. The latest collection by Andrei Codrescu, It Was
Today, uses words and images to show us who we are, whether we like the
images or not. Here’s one of the poems, “an american dream”: guy
on TV tells Katie Couric he'll name his three-month-old after any company willing to buy them a house his last name is Black Crack Black? Marlboro Black? asks Katie IBM Black? Xerox Black? She goes on he protests we will be very very careful but we have to have the American Dream don't we What company Laura asks will risk the publicity? It's worth less than a sandwich-man I say but I can already see that little Black is the first of an army of
genetically engineered logo kids who when asked what's it like to look like McDonald's arches will say In the Beginning Was Black Poets can also lead
our thoughts to the future, and “an american dream” does just that. Pick up a
copy of It
Was Today and sample some of the other dreams and images from Andrei
Codrescu. Steve Hopkins, November 24, 2003 |
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ă 2003 Hopkins and Company, LLC The
recommendation rating for this book appeared in the December 2003
issue of Executive
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