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Ariel Yelen I Was Working (Paperback) Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Seeking to find a song of the self that can survive or even thrive amid the mundane routines of work, Ariel Yelen’s lyrics include wry reflections on the absurdities and abjection of being a poet who is also an office worker and commuter in New York. Further DetailsTitle: I Was Working Condition: New Description: A remarkable book of poems that mixes humor about the absurdities of office life with moments of Zen-like wisdom Seeking to find a song of the self that can survive or even thrive amid the mundane routines of work, Ariel Yelen’s lyrics include wry reflections on the absurdities and abjection of being a poet who is also an office worker and commuter in New York. In the poems’ dialogues between labor and autonomy, the beeping of a microwave in the staff lounge becomes an opportunity for song, the poet writes from a cubicle as it is being sawed in half, and the speaker of the title poem decides “to quit everything except work,” sacrificing her life and loved ones to bury herself in her four jobs, striving at any cost to find relief from the attempt to both have a life and be a good worker—“No one was happy to see me, and so / at last I could work. No one said it’s okay. It wasn’t / okay, thus my work flourished.” Despite such discontents, I Was Working finds humor, play, and even joy in its original and compelling search for the possibility of self-liberation. Author: Ariel Yelen Format: Paperback EAN: 9780691264066 Country/Region of Manufacture: US Language: English ISBN-10: 0691264066 ISBN: 9780691264066 Item Length: 156mm Item Height: 235mm Publisher: Princeton University Press Genre: Poetry & Drama Release Date: 10/08/2024 Type: Genres Subtitle: Poems Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets Release Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
