Paraphernalia

Paraphernalia PDF Author: Steven Connor
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847652824
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 253

Book Description
From keys and handkerchiefs to sweets and rubber bands, the curious objects we surround ourselves with, though often seemingly mundane, have a magical quality. Their surprising power to disturb, soothe, seduce or absorb give these quirky objects histories and meanings we rarely ponder. Yet we would be lost without them. Take bags, for example. Why do most women carry handbags, while men rely on pockets? Why do so many houses have bags of bags? And why do we 'let the cat out the bag' or 'give someone the sack'? What significance do our bags hold for us? In this highly imaginative and entertaining book, Steven Connor embarks on a historical, philosophical and linguistic journey that explores our relationships with the curious things with which we have a forgotten but daily intimacy.

Drug Paraphernalia

Drug Paraphernalia PDF Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cocaine abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description

Drug Paraphernalia and Youth

Drug Paraphernalia and Youth PDF Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drug abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description

Heroin and Heroin Paraphernalia

Heroin and Heroin Paraphernalia PDF Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Crime
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drugs of abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description

Paraphernalia

Paraphernalia PDF Author: Joanne Limburg
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
ISBN: 9781852247546
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 74

Book Description
Paraphernalia' is a fine, capacious handbag/hold-all of a word. Practical as well as attractive, it can stretch to accommodate all kinds of contents, many of which Joanne Limburg pulls out and considers in "Paraphernalia": telephones and tin-openers, vacuum cleaners and breast pumps, needles and drips, alarms and scanners. There are objects that help us and encumber us, that we lean and hide behind, that we love and treasure, or punish and blame. Joanne Limburg's poems look at the ways in which our bodies and minds, too, can themselves be broken down into odds and ends, can be useful or useless clutter. She examines our different parts, our skin and hair, our faces, our brains and blood cells, our thoughts and our words.

The Golden Age of Paraphernalia

The Golden Age of Paraphernalia PDF Author: Kevin Davies
Publisher: Edge Books
ISBN: 9781890311285
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
Poetry. Radically comic, formally inventive, and ridiculously smart, every 8 to 10 years Kevin Davies releases a new book reminding us just how unexpected poetry can be. THE GOLDEN AGE OF PARAPHERNALIA will without doubt garner the applause his previous book COMP. (Edge Books, 2000) received. That garnering included The San Francisco Book Award in 2000 selected by Kevin Killian, write-ups in the New York Times, Village Voice, and Boston Review, translation into French by Xandaire Selene, and extended critical articles in American Literature, Jacket, and The Poker-- i.e. Davies' work has met with more than a little enthusiasm. One example: Joshua Clover in the Village Voice: "Davies often writes long, tumbling sequences that gather force like a dream landslide, with each part standing out as an idiosyncratic scene charged by an alluring voice, or stance, not quite like anything else in contemporary poetry." Cover photograph by Benjamin Friedlander.
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