I wish I could be Peter Falk / Paul Zits.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zits, Paul, 1978- author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Brave & brilliant series ; no. 23.

Brave & brilliant series, 2371-7238 ; no. 23

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

ix, 88 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, [2022]

Summary:

"An intimate poetic interrogation of restrictive masculinity from award-winning author Paul Zits He has outlived his usefulness. He is stressed, over-produced, and in crisis. He is searching for a role in modern society. So he is turning to Benedict Cumberbatch, green nylon bombers, and Rambo: First Blood Part II. He is turning to GQ, graphic knits, and Idris Elba. He is practicing his faces, his trances, his channeling, and his shopping. He is looking for something to impress, for a statement, for the suit with a reservoir of potential. He is dressing to out-alpha them all, and he is falling short. I Wish I Could be Peter Falk interrogates restrictive masculinity, pulling away at our held beliefs to expose their fragile but persistent constructions. These poems challenge the standards of the masculine convention, and the various media that help sculpt our expectations, tirelessly telling men how to feel, how to think, how to dress, what to drive, and how to identify. These poems speak with candid intimacy, delivering a perceptive critique with sensitivity and humour. Unafraid of taboos, they display the power of tradition and conformity, the damage of ignoring mental health, and the ways masculinity can be twisted and weaponized. I Wish I Could Be Peter Falk is a nuanced exploration of modern masculinity and a warning of the dangers that persist when the commodification of gender goes unchecked."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Once You Push the Bui Ion

The perfect Canadian pores

Once you push the button

She loves with a force

Terminal rustzone

I sip my water

My little self repair

Where the f

are you?

A fireball of charisma

She reads Dan Brown

If she were a millipede

A billion Google images

Let's Talk Sweatpants

Let's talk sweatpants

Like a deep-sea vent

My best friend

My bombproof tote

Glasses are an emotional thing

For Shia LaBeouf

It's all about exploring futuretopias

Time to musk up

For Neil Armstrong

For Nicholas Cage

A clutter of memorabilia

A Thinking-woman's Fetish Object

I am a thinking-woman's fetish object

Miserable while laughing

Black-and-white psychodrama

Genteelly distressed

A very un-moonlike rain

For Albert Einstein

No wider than a pinstripe

A telephone bidding war

For Willem Dafoe

A burglary scene

I zip up.

Notes:

Poems.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Zits, Paul, 1978- I wish I could be Peter Falk.

ISBN:

9781773852393

1773852396

OCLC:

1260291543