{"product_id":"the-miracle-machine-matthew-pennock-9781940724294","title":"The Miracle Machine: poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Gival Press Poetry Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A 19th-century automaton and other museum exhibits narrate this collection of poems . . . . Uncanny, heart-wrenching, and beautifully crafted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoems by an original voice.\" -Kirkus Reviews, August 5, 2020, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Vast in scope, passionately imagined, and constructed with as much ingenuity as the famed contraption at its narrative's heart, Matthew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePennock's second book hints at serious ontological questions as it invents its hero's journey from automaton to autonomy. Like all contrivances that simulate human life, Pennock's \u003cem\u003esynthetic boy\u003c\/em\u003e compels us to interrogate our own materiality, and to ask, if we are all just portions of \u003cem\u003ethe twisting \/ stew of particles and light\u003c\/em\u003e assembled by mechanical chance, then \u003cem\u003ewhat puts the lonely in us\u003c\/em\u003e? Packed with insight and wit and told by a \u003cem\u003econgress of oddities\u003c\/em\u003e-the narration travels back and forth in time and juggles various perspectives, including that of a trained seal, a fortune teller machine, and both halves of P.T. Barnum's bogus mermaid-\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Miracle Machine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is an irresistible, at times provocative, and often powerfully affecting book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Timothy Donnelly, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Problem of the Many\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Pennock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1940724295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940724294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gival Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.23d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2020 pg. 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/27\/2020","brand":"Matthew Pennock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43943401947391,"sku":"9781940724294","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0c989440-5c98-4dc1-962c-dc3c1f154211.jpg?v=1681497915","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-miracle-machine-matthew-pennock-9781940724294","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}