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Into the Drowned World

by (author) Ryan Kamstra

Publisher
Insomniac Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2008
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897178669
    Publish Date
    Oct 2008
    List Price
    $11.95

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Description

Into the Drowned World is a visionary work of pop-culture apocrypha, recited by a nodding, benumbed narrator who is perpetually reliving the day before the turn of the millennium. At its heart is Kamstra's breathless, ecstatic response to Madonna's infamous Drowned World Tour of 2001, which forms both a lyrical and lexical shorthand for our world of foreshortened relations, abandoned tenets, and an almost forgotten civil society.

About the author

Ryan Kamstra is writer of poems, fiction, and songs. His first book of poems, Late Capitalist Sublime, was published by Insomniac Press in 2002. As a musician he is also known by the name Scratch Kamstra, and his band, Tomboyfriend, is fast becoming a cult sensation. Visit him at www.ryankamstra.com

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