I Was Working: Poems by Yelen, Ariel

I Was Working: Poems

A remarkable book of poems that mixes humor about the absurdities of office life with moments of...
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Author: Ariel Yelen
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Language: English
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I Was Working: Poems by Yelen, Ariel

I Was Working: Poems

$921.14

I Was Working: Poems

$921.14
Author: Ariel Yelen
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 10/08/2024
Pages: 72
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.31d
ISBN: 9780691264073

About the Author
Ariel Yelen is a poet whose work has been published in Poetry Magazine, BOMB, the American Poetry Review, Washington Square Review, and other magazines

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