Nice Hat. Thanks.

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Summary: Witty
Review: A witty little book. I laughed a lot while reading it. Sometimes my jaw dropped at the images in these tiny poems. I really love it because its different than any other book of poems I've ever seen. Highly Reccommended for anyone that isn't uptight.

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Summary: together making a good new thing
Review: Matthew Rohrer and Joshua Beckman are, separately, two of my favorite poets. Put together, they are three of my favorite poets. The awareness and playfulness of "Nice Hat. Thanks." makes for great poetry and great fun. I give it my highest recommendation, along with all their other books.

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Summary: Also known as awesome.
Review: This book is, well. It's just amazing. It makes me want to roll down my windows in the rain, shout obscenities from the card catalog and call Merriam Webster on a weekday during peak hours to say, "Make room for these two because language just got even more stellar." Very lovely indeed.

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Summary: give me a break
Review: What kind of narcissism and boredom leads to publishing a book of lazy spontaneous poetry-slam style performance poems? Especially when they're all based on a tediously repeated formula? These poems are a silly gimmick, a campfire game really, and are trite and trivial beyond belief--clear evidence of the creative nonexistence of these two "poets."