Get Me Through the Next Five Minutes
Odes to Being Alive
Seiten
2024
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-1-324-09163-9 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-1-324-09163-9 (ISBN)
From the vertiginously talented Atlantic staff writer James Parker, a collection of uproarious prose odes that show how to find gratitude in unexpected places
As the unofficial “gratitude correspondent” for the Atlantic, James Parker has written countless odes of appreciation on subjects from the seemingly minor (“Ode to Naps”) to the unexpected (“Ode to Giving People Money”) to the seemingly minor, unexpected and hyper-specific (“Ode to Running in Movies”). Finally collecting Parker’s beloved and much-lauded odes in one place, this volume demonstrates the profound power of the form. Each ode celebrates the permanent susceptibility of everyday humdrum life to dazzling saturations of divine light: the squirrel in the street, the crying baby, the misplaced cup of tea. Parker’s odes are songs of praise but with a decent amount of complaining in there, too: a human ratio of moans. Our politics are broken; our world is melting. Parker’s odes offer respite but also a glimmer of hope. They represent encounters with whatever might get us through the next five minutes of the impossible, beautiful, overwhelming thing we call living.
As the unofficial “gratitude correspondent” for the Atlantic, James Parker has written countless odes of appreciation on subjects from the seemingly minor (“Ode to Naps”) to the unexpected (“Ode to Giving People Money”) to the seemingly minor, unexpected and hyper-specific (“Ode to Running in Movies”). Finally collecting Parker’s beloved and much-lauded odes in one place, this volume demonstrates the profound power of the form. Each ode celebrates the permanent susceptibility of everyday humdrum life to dazzling saturations of divine light: the squirrel in the street, the crying baby, the misplaced cup of tea. Parker’s odes are songs of praise but with a decent amount of complaining in there, too: a human ratio of moans. Our politics are broken; our world is melting. Parker’s odes offer respite but also a glimmer of hope. They represent encounters with whatever might get us through the next five minutes of the impossible, beautiful, overwhelming thing we call living.
James Parker is a staff writer for The Atlantic. Since 2011, he has run the Black Seed Writers Group—a weekly writing workshop for homeless, transitional, and recently housed writers—and edited The Pilgrim, a literary magazine from the homeless community of downtown Boston. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.05.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 124 x 193 mm |
| Gewicht | 261 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire |
| Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Partnerschaft / Sexualität | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-324-09163-0 / 1324091630 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-324-09163-9 / 9781324091639 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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