There Must Be a Reason People Come Here (Paperback)

A philosophical-minded and syntactically experimental book of poetry. The philosopher Catherine Malabou once asked: "What should we do so that consciousness of the brain does not purely and simply coincide with the spirit of capitalism?" There Must Be A Reason People Come Here by Brian Foley is a collection of poems that attempts to answer this question by broadcasting the indirect effects of the lived condition of a subject squeezed under the structures of late capitalism. Lines like, "Hope is a chemical, not a dream ignited in the eye / that can be heard sober." And "There is no sun here, / just habits of light" work through the contradictions of what it means to be negatively capable. It is a collection of poems that refuses to conform to the norms of what poetry is and how it must say things.

General

Imprint:	Black Ocean
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2022
Authors:	Brian Foley
Dimensions:	190 x 158 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	96
ISBN-13:	978-1-939568-44-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	1-939568-44-7
Barcode:	9781939568441

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