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category: Poetry
published: Apr 2015
ISBN:9781770412309
publisher: ECW Press

Cut-up Apologetic

by Jamie Sharpe

tagged: canadian
Description

Up-and-coming poet Jamie Sharpe presents a finely tuned second collection

Cut-up Apologetic, Sharpe’s second collection, explores aging in a world where youth is terrible and something we desperately want back. These are poems about failing to leave our mark while marks are left on us — about the collective insatiability of emptying surroundings in an attempt to fill ourselves.

At the same time, Cut-up Apologetic is naïve and playful even when examining fear expressed as discrimination or the ways restlessness transitions into an inertia spelling cultural death. Sharpe finds strange new horizons “extend(ing)/only backward, into memory.”

About the Author

Jamie Sharpe

Contributor Notes

Jamie Sharpe is the author of Animal Husbandry Today (ECW, 2012). He lives in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

Editorial Review

“Jamie Sharpe’s Cut-Up Apologetic slashes through cultures and sutures their highs and lows.” — Winnipeg Free Press

“The mindful cage-rattling of this slim volume will provoke readers to ponder the importance of their own self-expression — and the reality of their failures — in the context of an increasingly corporatized world.” — Scene Magazine

“Back in July, 2013, Today’s book of poetry had the pleasure of reading/blogging about Sharpe’s Animal Husbandry Today, his excellent first book. Cut-up Apologetic is more of the same brilliant lunatic assemblage. Except that these poems are tighter, just slightly more crisp, and that is an unexpected delight . . . Jamie Sharpe has very quickly become one of Today’s Book of Poetry’s favourite poets to pull out of a hat, ‘Here! Read this!’ I say, grinning like Hell.” — Today’s Book of Poetry

“Cut-up Apologetic is a melancholic look at the foibles of modern society, and it explores our struggles, fears, and our desire to be remembered for ages to come.” — TheAbsoluteMag.com

Cut-up Apologetic is a twisted look at today’s world, very enjoyable and recommended.” — Evil Cyclist

“Sharpe’s poetry is poignant and fresh, holding a magnifying glass freely to Corporate North America and to himself.” — Jaffalogue

“This collection doesn’t shy away from irony; and it holds a simultaneous feeling of being self-conscious and effortless like an already smooth face applied seamlessly with makeup. Cut Up Apologetic has many attractive layers.” — The Impressment Gang

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