“With this blistering salvo of poetic gutshots Lawson has proven himself Bizarro’s true bard, its mad laureate. Switching from dark whimsy to retina-blast shock to political outrage without missing a beat, The Troublesome Amputee is a powerful collection of pitch-black verse.” PoliticalBlackDarkPowerfulMissingBeatsMadCollectionsShockPoeticVersesProvenOutrageBlastTroublesomeSwitchingBardsWhimsyPitch BlackAmputees Author:Jeremy Robert Johnson
“Just as a poetic discussion of the weather is not meteorology, so an issuance of moral pronouncements or political creeds about the economy is not economics. Economics is a study of cause-and-effect relationships in an economy.” PoliticalCausesMoralEconomyStudyEffectsEconomicsWeatherDiscussionPoeticCreedsCause And EffectMeteorology Book:Basic Economics Source: Basic Economics
“George Orwells 1984 frequently tops surveys of our greatest books: its not a celebration of poetic language. Its decidedly anti-literary, a masterpiece of personal and political narrative sequence. And its subject matter is crucial, because what 1984 shows is that language can be a dirty trick.” BookMatterShowsPoliticalLanguageSubjectsTricksNarrativeDirtyPoeticCrucialCelebrationMasterpieceSequenceSubject MatterSurveysGreatest Book Author:Graham Joyce
“First I laughed my way through Elinor Lipman's book of political tweets. Then I put my ear to the ground and listened to Molly Ivins guffawing from the grave. Lipman is a piquant poetic rock star!” WayFirstsBookPoliticalStarsRocksEarsGravesMy WayPoeticLaughedRock StarTweet Author:Wally Lamb