Cruise Missile Liberals

The book received positive reviews. CBC Books called it "highly experimental, highly witty and ... dripping with charisma".{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/16-canadian-poetry-collections-to-watch-for-1.4257564/ |title=16 Canadian poetry collections to watch for |date=August 25, 2017 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=CBC Books |author=Staff}} Barb Carey of the Toronto Star found it to be funny and heartfelt while noting that the material shows off Gordon's "acerbic wit" and "knack for nifty turns of phrase". The Globe and Mail's Domenica Martinello gave the book a positive review, characterizing it as absurdist and vivid in its tackling of societal ills.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/reviews-chris-bankss-the-cloud-versus-grand-unification-theory-and-spencer-gordons-cruise-missile-liberals/article37324146/ |title=Reviews: Chris Banks's The Cloud Versus Grand Unification Theory and Spencer Gordon's Cruise Missile Liberals |date=December 14, 2017 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=The Globe and Mail |last=Martinello |first=Domenica}} Stevie Howell of Quill & Quire gave the book a starred review, describing it as a "complex and accomplished first collection from a writer who has honed his voice by listening".{{Cite web |url=https://quillandquire.com/review/cruise-missile-liberals/ |title=Cruise Missile Liberals |date=January 1, 2018 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Quill & Quire |last=Howell |first=Stevie}} Jonathan Ball of Winnipeg Free Press called it "[A book of] disturbing, wry intelligence … [and] taut, careful craft".{{Cite web |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/2017/09/23/beaulieu-brilliantly-blows-up-warhol/ |title=Beaulieu brilliantly blows up Warhol |date=September 23, 2017 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Winnipeg Free Press |last=Ball |first=Jonathan}} Tim Conley of the journal Canadian Literature states that the book is fun and features "bored Epicureanism with at least a shot of suburban self-loathing", summarising that it mixes positive and negative attributes.{{Cite journal |title=Whether You Win or Lose |journal=Canadian Literature |url=https://canlit.ca/article/whether-you-win-or-lose/ |last=Conley |first=Tim |date= |issue=House, Home, Hospitality special issue of Canadian Literature 237 (2019) |volume= |pages=146–147 |via=Canlit.ca}} Phillipe Pamela Dungao of Broken Pencil reviewed its titular poem and found it to be a complex reflection of life in the modern day.{{Cite magazine |title=Cruise Missile Liberals poetry book sketches out the picture of liberalism in the modern world |date=May 8, 2018 |magazine=Broken Pencil |url=https://brokenpencil.com/article/cruise-missile-liberals-poetry-book-sketches-out-the-picture-of-liberalism-in-the-modern-world/ |last=Dungao |first=Phillipe Pamela |issue=79}}

• Cosmo by Spencer Gordon
• Canadian poetry

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