{"product_id":"a-stranger-to-my-purpose-paperback-1","title":"A Stranger to My Purpose - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnagh Banerjee\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eJacob David Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poetry collection in three acts, \u003ci\u003ea stranger to my purpose\u003c\/i\u003e follows the narrator's journey through space, time and fantasy in search of lost love, and the true purpose he finds along the way. Featuring art by award-winning illustrator Anagh Banerjee.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJacob David Snyder's debut collection, \u003ci\u003ea stranger to my purpose\u003c\/i\u003e, literally moves from elegy through effigy to apogee and beyond, examining the luminous vanishings that make up a life. Snyder refuses \"to play at permanency\" as he reaches out and feels \"the passenger seat \/ still warm,\" and contemplates the fact that \"there are no postcards \/ where i've been.\" Where this poet has been is the matryoshka doll of guttural retch, the writhe and churn-the pathless ascent-of existence, the unraveling strangeness of being in a body in an empty cityscape where the hollow becomes hallowed. Snyder tells us: \"there is a cage \/ for all things \/ for birds and wind and laughter...\" Reading these poems, I felt like I was looking through the tiny bars of that cage, letting some free and windy chaos blow back my hair, allowing the fractals and arpeggios of absence and loss break into birdsong and breeze and guffaw in my cheekbones. Perhaps this is Snyder's \u003ci\u003epurpose\u003c\/i\u003e after all. Dante Di Stefano, author of \u003ci\u003eMidwhistle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is one of the most powerful and poignant poetry collections that's come out within the past few years. \u003ci\u003ea stranger to my purpose\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply moving exploration of alienation, home, love, desire, and loss. Golnoosh Nour, author of \u003ci\u003eImpure Thoughts\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJacob David Snyder's \u003ci\u003ea stranger to my purpose\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderfully experimental, lyric, aching collection that takes readers on a poignant and lush journey of loss and heartbreak. . .Ultimately, Snyder is a poet who understands that the world we live in is one full of riddles more than it is answers, and is wisely inquisitive throughout. This is a collection you don't want to miss. Loisa Fenichell, author of \u003ci\u003eWandering In All Directions Of This Earth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in elegant lowercase, Snyder's poems showcase raw emotion mixed with experimentation, their forms shifting with a measured playfulness. At once devastating and exquisite, \u003ci\u003ea stranger to my purpose\u003c\/i\u003e evokes Keats' immortal equation: \"Beauty is truth, truth beauty, -that is all.\" An outstanding debut collection. Charlie Baylis, author of \u003ci\u003ea fondness for the colour green\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53043129188659,"sku":"9798218735814","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/LQNq9cAMyP9798218735814_af314822-6cb7-48a0-989d-efd910d83850.webp?v=1770840620","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-stranger-to-my-purpose-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}