The people are talking and they love Coping Mechanisms! “I actually think poetry is kind of stupid, but I wrote some anyway. And this is my first book, so it basically doesn’t count.” Michael D. Mann claims while reviewing his own brilliant collection of postmodern poetry. In “Coping Mechanisms,” he takes a hard look at some previously unexplored topics such as coming of age, grappling with regular human emotions and using art as a way of processing trauma. This truly groundbreaking collection includes poems like “Love does not make sense” and “I’ve decided all poetry is bad poetry” in which it is largely unclear whether he is attempting to lecture us about some abstract concept or simply processing something he refuses to talk about. What emerges from this is at once a stirring memoir and an intimate portrait of young adulthood in the 21st century. The reviews are in and no one has read it yet, so they’re “Awards are a social construct so this is basically award winning.”
- M.D.Mann “A self proclaimed accomplishment… poetry for people who don’t like poetry… a brilliant book but a terrible business model when you think about it.”
-Some Author whose book you’ve thought about buying.
"You should call it a tour-de-force"
-One of my editors who only actually read the back cover “It’s a good thing that we made the Amazon description funny because the inside of the book is actually really dark.”
-Author’s Note “It’s definitely a book with words in it.”
-Michael D. Mann
The “basically award winning” author of Coping Mechanisms
Language
English
Pages
161
Format
Paperback
Release
July 27, 2023
ISBN 13
9798399933375
Coping Mechanisms: A Collection of Something I've Decided to Call Poetry
The people are talking and they love Coping Mechanisms! “I actually think poetry is kind of stupid, but I wrote some anyway. And this is my first book, so it basically doesn’t count.” Michael D. Mann claims while reviewing his own brilliant collection of postmodern poetry. In “Coping Mechanisms,” he takes a hard look at some previously unexplored topics such as coming of age, grappling with regular human emotions and using art as a way of processing trauma. This truly groundbreaking collection includes poems like “Love does not make sense” and “I’ve decided all poetry is bad poetry” in which it is largely unclear whether he is attempting to lecture us about some abstract concept or simply processing something he refuses to talk about. What emerges from this is at once a stirring memoir and an intimate portrait of young adulthood in the 21st century. The reviews are in and no one has read it yet, so they’re “Awards are a social construct so this is basically award winning.”
- M.D.Mann “A self proclaimed accomplishment… poetry for people who don’t like poetry… a brilliant book but a terrible business model when you think about it.”
-Some Author whose book you’ve thought about buying.
"You should call it a tour-de-force"
-One of my editors who only actually read the back cover “It’s a good thing that we made the Amazon description funny because the inside of the book is actually really dark.”
-Author’s Note “It’s definitely a book with words in it.”
-Michael D. Mann
The “basically award winning” author of Coping Mechanisms