Xanax cowboy : poems

Author/Creator:

Green, Hannah (Author of Xanax cowboy), author

Publication/Creation:

[Toronto] : Anansi, 2023

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Xanax cowboy : poems / Hannah Green

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Mental illness--Poetry
Cowboys--Poetry
Canadian poetry--21st century
Canadian poetry--Women authors
Mental disorders

Description/Summary

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"Hannah Green's edgy, often darkly comedic debut, Xanax Cowboy, is a long poem that considers the romanticization of addiction and mental illness (particularly in relation to the notion of the artist) via the romanticization of the Wild West. Cowboys are supposed to be messed up, a bit raw around the edges. The speaker wants to be loved for this too, and doesn't care if she is the only one laughing. The long poem is known for its resistance to form and expectation. Xanax Cowboy is as obsessed with itself as other long poems. It is vain. It is ridiculous. It is a tangent with new shapes, line breaks, and metaphors. Highly referential, mostly in terms of pop culture and iconography -- drawing from sources such as Michael Ondaatje's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid and the films of Quentin Tarantino -- Xanax Cowboy also deploys a specifically feminist approach, giving it additional urgency and energy. Xanax Cowboy insists on its variety of form and approach. Its strangeness. Its boldness. Its smoking pistols. Prepare yourself for a whiskey-drenched Western where pills fall from the sky and the speaker swallows Hollywood's version of the cowboy, its loneliness resting in her belly."--

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

117 pages ; 21 cm

General Note:

"House of Anansi presents"--Cover.
Place of publication from the publisher's website.

Additional Physical Form:

Issued also in electronic format.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937890420202486

ISBN:

9781487011154
1487011156

OCLC Number:

1340032642

Barcode:

010003560715