{"product_id":"nice-9781643621579","title":"Nice","description":"\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollected for the first time, four landmark works of queer experimental poetry by reclusive cult poet David Melnick, known for his prowess with invented language and sound poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Melnick's \u003ci\u003eNice: Collected Poems \u003c\/i\u003espans twenty crucial years of gay life and experimentation with poetic form, bringing together four masterworks of American literature: \u003ci\u003eEclogs\u003c\/i\u003e (1967-70), ten episodes in the urban afterlife of pastoral; \u003ci\u003ePCOET\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), written in an unknown tongue, verse for a world that's yet to be; \u003ci\u003eMen in Aida\u003c\/i\u003e (1983-85), Melnick's masterpiece, a giddy epic of queer community; and \u003ci\u003eA Pin's Fee\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), a backward glance and elegy, a cry of pain, howl of anger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Melnick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42959995043958,"sku":"9781643621579","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_39ebad1c-a72d-4555-8771-08891ba8a0fe.jpg?v=1780779798","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/nice-9781643621579","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}