{"product_id":"asset-pack-67954671618-example-product-4","title":"*All Four* *Special Price* Signed Paperback Copies of Joshua Turek Poetry Books \"On the Outside Looking Up\" \u0026 \"Of Dumb Importance\" \u0026 \"Ugly Whimsy\" \u0026 \"Notes to Old Friends\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe entire collection of Joshua Turek books for a special price. Get em all in this 25% discounted bundle. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"x-el x-el-span c2-u c2-v c2-3 c2-6q c2-16 c2-1q c2-6r\"\u003eUgly Whimsy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA search for the edges of beauty that might be unseemly in the eyes of another beholder. Poems of impending fatherhood, romance, lost ambition, barking dogs and sea lions, plus overcoming the agonies of working jobs to make unseen men rich. For the first time in his books, \u003cem class=\"x-el x-el-span c2-u c2-v c2-3 c2-6q c2-16 c2-13 c2-6r c2-6s\"\u003eUgly Whimsy\u003c\/em\u003e also includes personal essays, recalling my dad's last ex-girlfriend, generational disillusionment and my own entrance into middle age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"x-el x-el-span c2-u c2-v c2-3 c2-6q c2-16 c2-1q c2-6r\"\u003eOn the Outside Looking Up\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA debut collection of writing behind the poetic viral videos of Joshua Turek. A bard of the TikTok age, Turek delivers his unintelligible rants with a unique blend of generational angst and silver lining optimism. A true labor of love felt in every page. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"x-el x-el-span c2-u c2-v c2-3 c2-6q c2-16 c2-1q c2-6r\"\u003eOf Dumb Importance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOptimism and dread amid a home life fractured by natural disaster and unnatural capitalism. He charts the parallels of a Millennial's midlife crisis alongside global ones. Through the flames of his interrogation he keeps returning to the all importance of love and humor and the blessedness of public transportation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"x-el x-el-span c2-u c2-v c2-3 c2-6q c2-16 c2-1q c2-6r\"\u003eNotes to Old Friends\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConfessions to friends who became memories. A chronology of the unsaid, the strangely significant, what lingers all these decades later even when I can't picture your faces and you never post on instagram anymore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*Nonrefundable. I hope you enjoy my labors of love but can always donate to one of those free neighborhood libraries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turek Books","offers":[{"title":"all four","offer_id":51989774205213,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9519\/7469\/files\/ONTHEOUTSIDE.jpg?v=1783377348","url":"https:\/\/turekbooks.com\/products\/asset-pack-67954671618-example-product-4","provider":"Turek Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}