{"product_id":"there-must-be-a-reason-brian-foley-9781939568441","title":"There Must Be a Reason People Come Here","description":"\u003cb\u003eA philosophical-minded and syntactically experimental book of poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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?\" \u003ci\u003eThere Must Be A Reason People Come Here\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLines 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Foley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1939568447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939568441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Ocean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.32h x 5.35w x 0.39d","brand":"Brian Foley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053041938687,"sku":"9781939568441","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6283570d-382e-4240-8bb4-d7b2a732921c.jpg?v=1685022075","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/there-must-be-a-reason-brian-foley-9781939568441","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}