{"product_id":"the-brightest-thing-in-the-world-3-lectures-from-the-institute-of-failure-by-matthew-goulish","title":"Goulish, Matthew: The Brightest Thing in the World: 3 Lectures from the Institute of Failure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Brightest Thing in the World: 3 Lectures from the Institute of Failure\u003c\/em\u003e by Matthew Goulish (Green Lantern Press, paperback)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: May 12, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cspan\u003eLiterary Nonfiction. Poetry. Introduction by Jane Blocker. 2nd Edition. THE BRIGHTEST THING IN THE WORLD: 3 LECTURES FROM THE INSTITUTE OF FAILURE is a collection of essays that touch on seating strategies, Dick Cheney, cuckoo clocks, the Fibonacci series, butterflies and old friends. These threads weave together like a tapestry and by their accumulated resonance create an impression of loss and longing. As in Sebald's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rings of Saturn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the reader passes through an associative experience. These are the essays of a poet; like a performance of words, each verb is as active as a muscle. While every sentence tends to its end, the reader resists its inevitable conclusion. Layout and design by Sonnenzimmer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31337265954839,"sku":"9780997416527","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/content_5d24f8c0-d311-4442-9201-b543a5f384da.jpg?v=1586745784","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/the-brightest-thing-in-the-world-3-lectures-from-the-institute-of-failure-by-matthew-goulish","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}