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At the Mercy of the Flies

At the Mercy of the Flies - Paperback

by Matt McBride
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Availability:In StockContributor:Matt McBridePublish date:4/28/2026Pages:100
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Half Mystic PressISBN-13:9781948552202ISBN-10:1948552205UPC:9781948552202Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Political & ProtestSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.24 inchesWeight:0.114Product ID:SCH7J7HY5Q

At the Mercy of the Flies renders the mundanity of daily life as a series of dislocations. In brief, lucid scenes, these poems map estrangement and excess onto surreal worlds where ambulances play Katy Perry, pearls rain from the sky, and every screen glows with impossible promises. What emerges is a record of survival written in the margins of collapse. Anchored in the author's experiences with depression and the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, At the Mercy of the Flies charts the cartographies of a life and a nation in freefall. No party lasts forever-not even America.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Half Mystic PressISBN-13:9781948552202ISBN-10:1948552205UPC:9781948552202Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Political & ProtestSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.24 inchesWeight:0.114Product ID:SCH7J7HY5Q
McBride, Matt: - Matt McBride is the author of two full-length collections, City of Incandescent Light (Black Lawrence, 2018) and At the Mercy of the Flies (Half Mystic, 2026), as well as four chapbooks. His most recent, Prerecorded Weather, co-written with Noah Falck, is available from Survision Books. He is the winner of the James Tate Prize, the St. Lawrence Book Award, and the Ohio Chapbook Award. He is the recipient of an Ohio Arts Council grant, an Elliston Poetry Fellowship, and a Writers in the Heartland residency. Currently, he lives in Chambersburg, PA, where he teaches composition, literature, and creative writing at Wilson College. Find him online at www.mattmcbridepoetry.com.
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