{"product_id":"animal-joy-nuar-alsadir-9781644450932","title":"Animal Joy: A Book of Laughter and Resuscitation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Must-Read Book of 2022 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAster(ix) Journal's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 12 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn invigorating, continuously surprising book about the serious nature of laughter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaughter shakes us out of our deadness. An outburst of spontaneous laughter is an eruption from the unconscious that, like political resistance, poetry, or self-revelation, expresses a provocative, impish drive to burst free from external constraints. Taking laughter's revelatory capacity as a starting point, and rooted in Nuar Alsadir's experience as a poet and psychoanalyst, \u003ci\u003eAnimal Joy\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to recover the sensation of being present and embodied. Writing in a poetic, associative style, blending the personal with the theoretical, Alsadir ranges from her experience in clown school, Anna Karenina's morphine addiction, Freud's un-Freudian behaviors, marriage brokers and war brokers, to \"Not Jokes,\" Abu Ghraib, Frantz's negrophobia, smut, the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, laugh tracks, the problem with adjectives, and how poetry can wake us up. At the center of the book, however, is the author's relationship with her daughters, who erupt into the text like sudden, unexpected laughter. These interventions--frank, tender, and always a challenge to the writer and her thinking--are like tiny revolutions, pointedly showing the dangers of being severed from one's true self and hinting at ways one might be called back to it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bold and insatiably curious prose debut, \u003ci\u003eAnimal Joy\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to spontaneity and feeling alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nuar Alsadir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644450933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644450932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022","brand":"Nuar Alsadir","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055738941695,"sku":"9781644450932","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30b5fc56-1db0-4395-a853-9d30d6e75111.jpg?v=1685037510","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/animal-joy-nuar-alsadir-9781644450932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}