{"product_id":"punk-rock-is-cool-for-the-end-of-the-world-poems-and-notebooks-of-ed-smith-9781885983671","title":"Punk Rock Is Cool for the End of the World: Poems and Notebooks of Ed Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe irreverent, tweetable, ludicrous, painful, wondrous work of the L.A. punk poet--widely available for the first time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePunk Rock Is Cool for the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, David Trinidad brings together a comprehensive selection of Ed Smith's work: his published books; unpublished poems; excerpts from his extensive notebooks; photos and ephemera; and his timely \"cry for civilization,\" \"Return to Lesbos\" put down that gun \/ stop electing Presidents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd Smith blazed onto the Los Angeles poetry scene in the early 1980s from out of the hardcore punk scene. The charismatic, nerdy young man hit home with his funny\/scary off-the-cuff-sounding poems, like \"Fishing\" This is a good line. \/ This is a bad line. This is a fishing line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd's vibrant \"gang\" of writer and artist friends--among them Amy Gerstler, Dennis Cooper, Bob Flanagan, Mike Kelley, and David Trinidad--congregated at Beyond Baroque in Venice, on LA's west side. They read and partied and performed together, and shared and published each others' work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd was more than bright and versatile: he worked as a math tutor, an animator, and a typesetter. In the mid-1990s, he fell in love with Japanese artist Mio Shirai; they married and moved to New York City. Despite productive years and joyful times, Ed was plagued by mood disorders and drug problems, and at the age of forty-eight, he took his own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd Smith's poems speak to living in an increasingly dehumanizing consumer society and corrupt political system. This \"punk Dorothy Parker\" is more relevant than ever for our ADD, technology-distracted times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Turtle Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781885983671","brand":"Turtle Point Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728700117129,"sku":"9781885983671","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_76caa7ca-8ca5-4fd3-9d03-dea718bdf48f.jpg?v=1719897650","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/punk-rock-is-cool-for-the-end-of-the-world-poems-and-notebooks-of-ed-smith-9781885983671","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}