{"product_id":"the-miracle-machine-poems-paperback","title":"The Miracle Machine: poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Pennock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354296467705,"sku":"9781940724294","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TdnQHYLQ9H9781940724294.webp?v=1769833558","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-miracle-machine-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}