{"product_id":"permanent-exhibit-9781942683681","title":"Permanent Exhibit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Volmer fuses the insight of extended meditation with the immediacy of social media in his new collection \u003ci\u003ePermanent Exhibit.\u003c\/i\u003e These collage-style essays experiment with stream-of-conscious musings as Vollmer opens a browser window into his own mind: letting his thoughts wander through a fast-forward montage of flying snakes, mass shootings, emojis, pop stars, stargazing, ghosts, circuses, and a hundred other things. Full of keen observations and unexpected insights, \u003ci\u003ePermanent Exhibit\u003c\/i\u003e reclaims the art of letting one’s mind wander in the age of the status update.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Captivating journeys with a playful, winsome guide.\" \u003cem\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Who else but Matthew Vollmer would travel in status faux-updates from Justin Bieber to embalming fluids, from a presidential execution order to an Amazon order for cutlery? A thrilling, hilarious book about the difference between privacy and publicity, between exhibition and excavation, between ephemera and art (hint: the saving grace of life on earth is human consciousness).” —David Shields\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Becoming conscious of the process by which we are produced may be the only available step to enabling our status as players rather than simply played, though it is no exit from the game itself. And that, to me, is what makes Matthew Vollmer’s fiction compelling at a much deeper level than the play of wit, sensibility, and intelligence in his craft.” \u003ci\u003e—The Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Irresistible” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Vollmer's writing is my new favorite example of what it must be like to see a life flash before your eyes.\" —\u003ci\u003eFiction Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStatus Update Hatchling Last Blood Robocall Can’t Feel My Face 33rd Balloon Fool’s Gold Top Secret Holy Hours Bring Me the Head of Geraldo Rivera Well of Souls Out of Lives Land of Enchantment Note for the Annual Report Signs of the Times Stay Woke Trick-or-Treat Night Thoughts Hands Up Sinkhole Spoiler Alert Observatorium Precious Metals Permanent Exhibit Treasure Box Blood Soup Stormbox Gong Bang Cleanse Brain Bank Game Day Eye of the Storm Source Material Cult Hymn The Subordinate Fragment We All Go into the Dark Black Magic Inferno Fat Kid Heron The New You Liftoff","brand":"BOA Editions, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360282870103,"sku":"9781942683681","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781942683681.jpg?v=1754127216","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/permanent-exhibit-9781942683681","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}