Dribble (Paperback)

Jacob Smullyan

ISBN 10: 0986144533 / ISBN 13: 9780986144530

Published by Sagging Meniscus Press, Montclair, 2015

About this Item

Paperback. Jacob Smullyan's Dribble, a cycle of 144 poems written in 1983, sets itself the task of exploring a peculiar, seemingly unpromising corner of poetic space. Its apparent subject matter is the grotesque obscenity of physicality: excrement, innards, foodstuffs, the reek of loss and sexuality, the pancake-like weight of words and representation. But what emerges is quite different from what its monstrous image repertoire might suggest: an extended meditation on the inner forces of creation and destruction. "Dribble"'s surreal mechanisms, by which the derangement of sense becomes ordinary, reveals new paths through experience, and in this new world, discredited matter, impelled by a powerful transcendental yearning, takes on new meaning and form; soul arises from the mire with cathartic impact and an unexpected tenderness. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dribble (Paperback)
• Publisher: Sagging Meniscus Press, Montclair
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0986144533
• ISBN 13: 9780986144530
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Poetry. Jacob Smullyan's DRIBBLE, a cycle of 144 poems written in 1983, sets itself the task of exploring a peculiar, seemingly unpromising corner of poetic space. Its apparent subject matter is the grotesque obscenity of physicality: excrement, innards, foodstuffs, the reek of loss and sexuality, the pancake-like weight of words and representation. But what emerges is quite different from what its monstrous image repertoire might suggest: an extended meditation on the inner forces of creation and destruction. DRIBBLE's surreal mechanisms, by which the derangement of sense becomes ordinary, reveals new paths through experience, and in this new world, discredited matter, impelled by a powerful transcendental yearning, takes on new meaning and form; soul arises from the mire with cathartic impact and an unexpected tenderness.

About the Author

Jacob Smullyan, a classical pianist, writer, artist, and composer, is also the Senior Editor of Sagging Meniscus Press, a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Krinst Studies, and a Senior Software Engineer at Google. He lives with his family outside New York City.