Flop Era
by Lara Egger
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Pub Date Oct 21 2025 | Archive Date Oct 21 2025
University of Pittsburgh Press | Pitt Poetry Series
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Description
Flop Era reckons with the complications of being human, and therefore, with the consequences of being fundamentally flawed. It contends with failed potential and the certain uncertainty of the future, while interrogating the past for clues that might explain why, as the speaker bemoans, “there are never enough nails in the coffin of poor choices.” While Egger throws confetti on the quotidian, she disarms the reader with earnestness and vulnerability. Rich in metaphor, affable and self-deprecating, the poems in Flop Era shine a spotlight on regret, infidelity, the feminine ideal, fear of death, and fear of insignificance.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“These are poems of surprise that demand a reader feel the presence of a vivid and thinking mind. Egger offers us not just elegance but an emotional connection to a speaker who is ‘something winged awash in a glass.’" —C. Dale Young, author of Building the Perfect Animal
“Modern poetry readers who have ever thought, ‘the future is best observed from a Ferris Wheel,’ will find Lara Egger’s hair-trigger, rapid-fire associations in Flop Era full of hard-won truths like, ‘darkness doesn’t fall, but rises;’ the pull of her poems taking readers for a satisfying and surprising carnival ride above the quotidian to glimpse the extraordinary.” —Chris Banks, author of Deepfake Serenade
“Flop Era is filled with poems of stunning impact. These are fast-talking, wise-cracking, and, at the same time, heartfelt works in which Lara Egger’s inventive use of language is evident in almost every line. A terrific collection!” —Terence Winch, author of That Ship Has Sailed
“Egger’s poems are full of volatility and hunger, invention and wisdom, humor and wit, evasion and honesty.” —David Dodd Lee, author of Downsides of Fish Culture and The Bay
Marketing Plan
- National print and online review attention
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- Select author appearances
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- Feature at AWP 2026
- National print and online review attention
- Print and online features
- Select author appearances
- Social media outreach
- Online promotion
- Feature at AWP 2026
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780822967583 |
| PRICE | $20.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 120 |
Links
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Featured Reviews
Jaidee D, Reviewer
4.8 "frantically, frenetically, flailing, ferociously" stars !!
Thank you to Netgalley, the poet and University of Pittsburgh Press for an ecopy. This will be released
October 2025. I am providing an honest review.
As a rule I read slowly, methodically, carefully. I could not with this collection. The poet simply would not allow this. The poems are all equally sharp, insightful, glaring. I rode the bicycle faster and faster but luckily it was downhill and the images, ideas, thoughts sailed on by. Young American womanhood in all its pain and beauty swept by and I was breathless. I was exhilarated but knew the cold Pacific Ocean awaited me and that I would land safely. Every poem a gem and in fact I read this not as a collection but as one long poem in one boisterous ride. Brava Ms. Egger !
