Dogboy

by McGimpsey, David

• ISBN13: 9781550223552
• ISBN10: 1550223550
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: Ecw Pr

Summary

These strongly voiced, characteristically funny poems engage and interrogate contemporary popular culture and wittily establish the province of the loser. With some fresh insight into literary history, this collection dares to askWould Yeats approve of the cheeseburger?andWhat if Milton's Lycidas was a once-hopeful greeting-card writer?

Author Biography

David McGimpsey is a poet, fiction writer, and popular culture critic. He is the author of Lardcake. He lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Table of Contents

1
Butter-Flavored Cigarettes	13	(1)
I, Urkel	14	(2)
Brands of Coffee / Literary Terms	16	(1)
Brands of Detergent / Deadly Sins	17	(1)
Li'l Camillagate	18	(1)
Goudamundo	19	(1)
The Fly, MFA	20	(1)
One Man Band	21	(1)
What if God Was Wilford Brimley?	22	(2)
Sing Along Jubilee	24	(2)
``My Name is Kimmy G.''	26	(5)
2
Chubby Chased	31	(1)
Locklearean Delusions	32	(1)
Nova Smoked Blubber	33	(1)
King Kamehamayonnaise	34	(1)
Road Roast (Rump)	35	(1)
PhD with Perfect PH Balance	36	(1)
The Elvis Awards	37	(1)
Lumpy Lou	38	(1)
O'Beaner	39	(1)
It's the Diet Pills Talking	40	(1)
Love Me, Love Kathie Lee	41	(1)
Blue Plate Lardcake	42	(1)
Tubbyrotica	43	(1)
El Noodle	44	(1)
Obladioblahatemylife	45	(1)
The Plumpest Planet	46	(1)
Flabtastico	47	(1)
Ho-Do	48	(1)
Congratulations, Loser	49	(1)
Won't You Take Me To Stinkytown?	50	(1)
Hail to the Beef	51	(1)
I Am Produce-Boy	52	(1)
The Fat Oprah Polka	53	(1)
Good Olestra Goodness	54	(1)
Poubellerie	55	(1)
Stump Professor Stumpy	56	(1)
Wayne Newton's Theory of Gravity	57	(1)
Little Squibber	58	(1)
Handy Hints for Your Press Kit	59	(1)
Too Much Slouching, Not Enough Slumping	60	(1)
Leaving Viva Las Vegas	61	(4)
3
Ron Hunt at Bat	65	(3)
Meditation as Dom DiMaggio	68	(3)
Another Expoem, July 1990	71	(2)
The Alligator Expert Prepares Tourists for the Hunt	73	(4)
Confessions of a Softball Bastard	77	(1)
Spit, Robbie, Spit	78	(2)
Kordic	80	(5)
4
Quincy on Lycidas	85	(8)
Letter to TV Guide	93	(3)
Hawkeye is Dead	96	(2)
My Marilyn Munster	98	(2)
Natalie Loses Weight	100	(5)
5
Prayer for Selena (Agnus Dei)	105	(2)
State Line Road, Texarkana	107	(4)
Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin	111	(1)
Burger on Yeats's Grave	112	(2)
Quinpool Road, Halifax	114	(3)
Taco Bell in Kingston	117	(2)
Ville D'Anjou is Heaven to Me	119