{"product_id":"walking-poems-paperback","title":"Walking: 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\u003ePatrick Hurley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWALKING was composed over several years, while physically moving (literally walking). Most of it was completed in South Saint Louis, where he lives and works as a bartender. WALKING is informed by psychogeography, surrealism, contemporary classical\/electronic music, Taoism, alchemy, modern abstract art, the tradition of the anti-epic, and much else besides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving completed WALKING, Hurley is now working on a collection of very short poems entitled fragments, a prose poem called InSoluble, and four connected pieces inspired by music and combining lineated verse with prose poetry called Quartet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Hurley was born in Springfield, Illinois in 1969. He studied economics and political science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Saint Louis University. He taught writing and literature courses as an adjunct at Saint Louis University, Washington University, and other area schools for nearly two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving published a book on Thomas Pynchon and having written about cocktails for the Riverfront Times for a year, he now focuses on his poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can find some of his recent work at www.patrickhurleypoet.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351614832889,"sku":"9781949180732","price":30.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SGdTL1JMenFaUXBCNXIwS0h1K1dCQT09.webp?v=1769800642","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/walking-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}