{"product_id":"at-issue-9781552450932","title":"At Issue","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKaren Mac Cormack's \u003ci\u003eAt Issue\u003c\/i\u003e is a sequel of sorts to \u003ci\u003eFit to Print\u003c\/i\u003e (also from Coach House Books), her collaborative poetic examination of the newspaper with British poet Alan Halsey. In \u003ci\u003eAt Issue,\u003c\/i\u003e Mac Cormack examines the format and contents of the lifestyle magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUtilizing the vocabulary and spelling found in \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e (both British and American versions), \u003ci\u003eSelf\u003c\/i\u003e (a health\/fitness magazine geared to female readership) and \u003ci\u003ePrevention\u003c\/i\u003e (another health magazine), the poems in \u003ci\u003eAt Issue \u003c\/i\u003ereflect and refract the experience of reading these magazines. (Mac Cormack notes that an interesting – if frightening – fact is that there are fewer typos in \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e than in most scholarly books published in North America.) As an alternative to the 'mined' creativity of the magazine poems, Mac Cormack also includes a number of texts from other sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Karen Mac Cormack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48308075823355,"sku":"9781552450932","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781552450932.jpg?v=1772484720","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/at-issue-9781552450932","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}