{"product_id":"walking-poems-9781949180732","title":"Walking: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Patrick Hurley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Adelaide Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Adelaide Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWALKING was composed over several years, while physically moving (literally walking). Most of it was completed in South Saint Louis, where he lives and works as a bartender. WALKING is informed by psychogeography, surrealism, contemporary classical\/electronic music, Taoism, alchemy, modern abstract art, the tradition of the anti-epic, and much else besides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving completed WALKING, Hurley is now working on a collection of very short poems entitled fragments, a prose poem called InSoluble, and four connected pieces inspired by music and combining lineated verse with prose poetry called Quartet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Hurley was born in Springfield, Illinois in 1969. He studied economics and political science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Saint Louis University. He taught writing and literature courses as an adjunct at Saint Louis University, Washington University, and other area schools for nearly two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving published a book on Thomas Pynchon and having written about cocktails for the Riverfront Times for a year, he now focuses on his poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can find some of his recent work at www.patrickhurleypoet.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adelaide Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45537075298455,"sku":"9781949180732","price":2058.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781949180732.webp?v=1767901439","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/walking-poems-9781949180732","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}