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The book moves in three sections through a fantastic landscape that maps human fragility. The poems in the first section speak to matters of the heart-intimacy and loss-punctuated by lovers who leave. The second section is comprised of prose poems chronicling misadventures and conspiracies: Russian spies on Wilshire Boulevard, artichokes that mate for life, and secret photographs of God. Finally, the third section pans out from individual experience, hosting the collective in fable-like reflections. Together, the poems in Extravagance mark with fragile acceptance the surreal extravagance of being alive.  The Relentless  One day we'll know how long the dead have to be dead before they feel hunger. One day it'll be summer forever. In the meantime, the weather, looking for its cue, keeps an eye on me; and I keep whatever money's in my pocket crumpled in a ball. A relentless responsibility dogs me, and the funny thing is, these are the lyrics to a happy song. Go ahead, tap your foot, snap your fingers. We're roasting a pig in the yard. Rick Bursky is the author of Death Obscura (Sarabande Books, 2010) and The Soup of Something Missing (Bear Star Press, 2004), winner of the Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize. 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You could call Rick Bursky’s work California Gothic, inhabiting a moody Los Angeles where we move carefully or brazenly, well aware that the neighbors are watching. Death Obscura is Bursky's second collection, and it strikes the perfect balance between off-hand and insistent, ordinary and absurd. This is a sly, moving, and irresistible read.  Rick Bursky was born and raised in New York City. Immediately following high school, he spent four years as a paratrooper in the army, and later earned a BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and an MFA from Warren Wilson College. His first full-length collection of poems, The Soup of Something Missing, was published by Bear Star Press (2004) after winning the Dorothy Brunsmen Poetry Prize. Hollyridge Press published his chapbook, The Invention of Fiction. His poems have appeared in many journals including American Poetry Review, Iowa Review, Southern Review, Harvard Review, Prairie Schooner, Black Warrior Review, Shenandoah, and New Letters.  Bursky works in advertising and teaches poetry at UCLA Extension and lives in Los Angeles.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50393573523729,"sku":"CIN1932511873VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52485558796561,"sku":"NLS9781932511871","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1932511873.jpg?v=1751028655"},{"product_id":"invention-of-fiction-the-hollyridge-press-chapbook-series-book-rick-bursky-9780975257364","title":"The Invention of Fiction (The Hollyridge Press Chapbook Series)","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51304757756177,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51304759918865,"sku":"NIN9780975257364","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52333123043601,"sku":"NLS9780975257364","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0975257366.jpg?v=1751266877"},{"product_id":"let-s-become-a-ghost-story-book-rick-bursky-9781950774111","title":"Let's Become a Ghost Story","description":"Playful, sexy, and occasionally absurd, Bursky sifts through the detritus of American culture to reveal the sharp edges and breathtaking facets of life.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52606018945297,"sku":"NLS9781950774111","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781950774111.jpg?v=1761260003"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-rick-bursky.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}