{"product_id":"life-is-like-canadian-football-and-other-authentic-folk-songs","title":"Life Is Like Canadian Football and Other Authentic Folk Songs by Svec, Henry Adam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA grossly inaccurate \"memoir\" about Canadian folk legends.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry\u003cbr\u003e Adam Svec has been pushing boundaries in Canadian folklore since he \u003cbr\u003eunearthed songs by CFL players in Library and Archives Canada, thereby \u003cbr\u003ethrusting himself into the scene--and the media spotlight. Those spartan \u003cbr\u003epoems are finally included in this anthology, in addition to the fruits \u003cbr\u003eof his subsequent expeditions, but there is much more besides, including\u003cbr\u003e honest accounts of the folklorist's myriad trials and tribulations. \u003cbr\u003eThis experimental and genre-defying book mixes the adventurous energies \u003cbr\u003eof Alan Lomax and Stompin' Tom, the intertextual conceptualism of \u003cbr\u003eVladimir Nabokov and Mark Z. Danielewski, and the searing intensity of \u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Smart and Chris Kraus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Comically entertaining, presented with 'performative verve', as novelist Jacob Wren puts it.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Books Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is cracking me up--and I don't even like football--but it is\u003cbr\u003e just so well written.\"\u003cb\u003e--Robert Dayton, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Canadian Romantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Adam Svec\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Invisible Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 4.96w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781988784700","brand":"Invisible Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43657009234073,"sku":"9781988784700","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_828f6129-d62a-4c28-aca4-ebdd202279f6.jpg?v=1724556334","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/life-is-like-canadian-football-and-other-authentic-folk-songs","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}