{"product_id":"there-must-be-a-reason-people-come-here-paperback","title":"There Must Be a Reason People Come Here - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Foley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA philosophical-minded and syntactically experimental book of poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Foley is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Black Ocean, as well as several chapbooks. He currently teaches Ethics at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 7.32 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767992647968,"sku":"9781939568441","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7cd2696d890c0adf3cc3b66e1d3ee114.webp?v=1780322287","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/there-must-be-a-reason-people-come-here-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}