{"product_id":"lookin-for-joy-9781550969771","title":"Lookin' for Joy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“My writing is a search for meaning, beauty, love, an integration of my lost parts.” From the widely praised writer comes her fourth collection of startlingly original poetry. With a singular range that inspires, this collection energizes her earlier lyrical narrative with the sass and verve of spoken word, and the slap of slam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt the Mic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Civilization Inside My Head 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Girl with the Origami Soul 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe small Big 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to Make an Angel Giggle 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Piano at the Centre of the Universe 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Reader 10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Praise of the Gloomy Day 12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy I Love the Accordion 13\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConversations 15\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf I Were an Astronaut’s Love Child 16\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePainting Mrs. Demerais 17\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Story Underneath 20\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeath Is a Pear 22\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaiting 25\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Great House 26\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf I Made the World 28\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCivilization lives in the throat 30\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvening Street Festival 31\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Book of Breathings 32\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHypnagogia 34\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOde to the Mind 35\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Prophesy 37\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeepers of the Flame 39\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSucked So Dry 41\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou’re Angry 43\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cerebral Cathedral 45\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet Come 46\tTeenage Girls 47\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePersephone Omen 49\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Holy Places of the Earth 50\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove and Bone 51\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Kill My Joy 52\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Crazery of Slavery 53\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the Chorus Line at the Private Men’s Club 55\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI’m a Conspiracy Theory, Google Me @ Ordinary Soul 56\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStory of the Atom 58\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePetal 60\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis Hello Says Goodbye 61\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Poem You 63\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo Pull the Sword from the Stone 65\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwearing Saved My Life 66\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDaughter of the A Minor Scale 68\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNightlight 69\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWannabe Witch 71\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld Men 73\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGod Under the Thumb 75\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld Friends 76\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bitch I Wear 78\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dangerous Time 80\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpinster Power 82\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarewell to the Tin Cans 84\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Next Big Thing 86\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo Those Who Edit the Exclamation Marks Out of Happiness! 88\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Big Ballyrama 89\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf You Are a Poem 90\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Old Shirt 92\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Messiah, the Jets’ Hockey Arena, 1979 94\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRespect Where It’s Due 96\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAstonished on 8th Street 99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wild of You 100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConversations with Death 101\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Are Story 103\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoet Enough 104Dissection 106\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLookin’ for Joy 108\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen No One’s Listening 109\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements 111\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Slammer’s Delight 113\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeth Goobie’s Bibliography 114\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Exile Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515855626583,"sku":"9781550969771","price":18.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lookin-for-joy-9781550969771","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}