Practitioner Joy by Rich Murphy (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Practitioner Joy by Rich Murphy Rich Murphys Practitioner Joy is the poets confrontation with his practice as a poet and, at least in part, his inevitable death. When outside Platos Cave, capitalisms crisis horizon threatens with precarious neoliberalism, Wendy Browns "every conduct is economic conduct," cyber algorithms and Shoshana Zuboffs "I once was mine; now I am theirs," and Yuval Noah Hararis and Stephen Hawkings "Homo Deus" (a new species of humans from the loins of the wealthy only), prophetic voices are needed in an effort to counter and perhaps change the narratives and the futures direction. This collection of poems attempts to do just that. It is an alternative voice offering a way forward. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Rich Murphy has taught writing and literature for thirty-four years at various colleges and universities. His five poetry collections have won two national book awards: the Gival Press Poetry Prize in 2008 for Voyeur and the Press Americana Poetry Prize for Americana (2013); he has also published Body Politic (2017) and Asylum Seeker (2018). Murphys first book was The Apple in the Monkey Tree (2007). His chapter books include Great Grandfather, Family Secret, Hunting and Pecking, Phoems for Mobile Vices, and Paideia. Review "Murphys poetry unfolds in an uncanny valley of sorts, where the landscape is both disturbingly post-human and credibly recognizable. These poems are airtight, laced with a delicate hodgepodge of technological absurdism and intergalactic longing. The reality in Murphys lines is that our tools of escape--meditation, exercise, neighborly courtesies--are ineffective substitutes for a future in which present-day planet Earth, Murphys main antagonist, can be left behind. Taken as a whole, the book evokes the sensibility of Naked Lunch with only about a quarter of the surrealism, a tough truth to confront." --Katie Sions, Editor-in-Chief, Rumble Fish Quarterly "This is a vital collection of prayers for our flaws to shape into wings. Rich Murphys Practitioner Joy performs linguistic triage for the wounds / and memes of our habitual misrule on planet Earth. Murphys songs and sutures--intimate, sardonic, vulnerable--bear witness to imagination and desire, [pounding] from the inside. In the midst of popular madness, Murphys poems show us how to practice joyful sounds of flight." --W. Scott Howard, University of Denver "Murphys poetry in Practitioner Joy often begins with the myth playing technicolor in the cranium but moves through the caveat acts, the bracketed, ellipses to show how modern life often begins with a joke and ends with a sigh--a sigh of resignation, a sigh of relief, a sigh of despair, but a sigh. Poetry in this collection moves from all the shades of emotion and often meta-poetically reflects back on itself and society through a slanted mirror. Serious in his whimsy, and joyous in his irony, Rich Murphy gives us a collection that practices what it preaches: telling the truth, but slant and with a wry smile." --C. Derick Varn, editor of Former People and author of Apocalyptics Long Description Rich Murphys Practitioner Joy is the poets confrontation with his practice as a poet and, at least in part, his inevitable death. When outside Platos Cave, capitalisms crisis horizon threatens with precarious neoliberalism, Wendy Browns "every conduct is economic conduct," cyber algorithms and Shoshana Zuboffs "I once was mine; now I am theirs," and Yuval Noah Hararis and Stephen Hawkings "Homo Deus" (a new species of humans from the loins of the wealthy only), prophetic voices are needed in an effort to counter and perhaps change the narratives and the futures direction. This collection of poems attempts to do just that. It is an alternative voice offering a way forward. Review Quote "Murphys poetry unfolds in an uncanny valley of sorts, where the landscape is both disturbingly post-human and credibly recognizable. These poems are airtight, laced with a delicate hodgepodge of technological absurdism and intergalactic longing. The reality in Murphys lines is that our tools of escape--meditation, exercise, neighborly courtesies--are ineffective substitutes for a future in which present-day planet Earth, Murphys main antagonist, can be left behind. Taken as a whole, the book evokes the sensibility of Naked Lunch with only about a quarter of the surrealism, a tough truth to confront." --Katie Sions, Editor-in-Chief, Rumble Fish Quarterly "This is a vital collection of prayers for our flaws to shape into wings. Rich Murphys Practitioner Joy performs linguistic triage for the wounds / and memes of our habitual misrule on planet Earth. Murphys songs and sutures--intimate, sardonic, vulnerable--bear witness to imagination and desire, [pounding] from the inside. In the midst of popular madness, Murphys poems show us how to practice joyful sounds of flight." --W. Scott Howard, University of Denver "Murphys poetry in Practitioner Joy often begins with the myth playing technicolor in the cranium but moves through the caveat acts, the bracketed, ellipses to show how modern life often begins with a joke and ends with a sigh--a sigh of resignation, a sigh of relief, a sigh of despair, but a sigh. Poetry in this collection moves from all the shades of emotion and often meta-poetically reflects back on itself and society through a slanted mirror. Serious in his whimsy, and joyous in his irony, Rich Murphy gives us a collection that practices what it preaches: telling the truth, but slant and with a wry smile." --C. Derick Varn, editor of Former People and author of Apocalyptics Details ISBN1725269864 Pages 100 Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1725269864 ISBN-13 9781725269866 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2020-06-08 Author Rich Murphy UK Release Date 2020-06-08 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2020-06-08 NZ Release Date 2020-06-08 US Release Date 2020-06-08 Audience General Publisher Wipf & Stock Publishers Imprint Wipf & Stock Publishers Place of Publication Eugene We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:128710124;

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