{"product_id":"chris-edwards-after-naptime","title":"Chris Edwards, After Naptime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition of 111 numbered and signed copies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA novelty in verse, a trumped-up drama, the ghost of a mercurial dream — \u003cem\u003eAfter Naptime\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers to “leap inside” and try the labyrinth. Join the narrator, \"Edwards\", and his “crack team” of fragmentary misfits as they explore alleged hauntings at an unnamed lighthouse, play hide and seek with the mysteries of commerce and engage in a deadly serious game of “double you or nothing” with a neural network. Each scene of the poem takes place across a double-page spread, with centrally located orchestra pit. By the author of \u003cem\u003ePeople of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Fluke: a mistranslation of Stéphane Mallarmé’s “Un Coup de dés…”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“However much Edwards avoids the traditional role of the poet, he doesn’t really do away with being referential, with a sense of the real world. Instead, he uncovers its utter strangeness … ” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e(David McCooey, \u003cem\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris Edwards lives in Sydney, Australia, where he works as a freelance editor, typographer and graphic designer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003ePublication date: July 25, 2014 | \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eISBN 9781922181190 | 32pp | Limited edition: 111 numbered \u0026amp; signed copies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews of '\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/products\/chris-edwards-after-naptime\"\u003eAfter Naptime\u003c\/a\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview by Michael Farrell in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/arts\/review\/questions-of-concept-in-australian-poetry\/news-story\/6bfa569445296eeaa6ab66381ba170d0\"\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview by Robert Wood in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.foame.org\/Issue12\/reviews\/review7.html\"\u003efoam:e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExperimental review by Eddie Hopely in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/cordite.org.au\/reviews\/hopely-edwards\/\"\u003eCordite\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[Excerpt from] Review by Des Cowley in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.australianbookreview.com.au\/abr-online\/archive\/2015\/153-april-2015-no-370\/2489-des-cowley-reviews-after-naptime-by-chris-edwards\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":863551409,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/products\/AfterNaptime_Cover_Front.jpg?v=1406611818","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/de\/products\/chris-edwards-after-naptime","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}