Lilia Marie Ellis - Propositions on Being Alive
Release Date: November 7, 2023
THAT BEING ALIVE IS A LOVELY THING (ALTERNATE PROOF)
Counting the number of propositions like these I’ve thought up in my lifetime; for and against; trying to make up my own mind as everyone must; I have come up with more reasons for loveliness; which; while it doesn’t prove anything; not strictly; nevertheless;
In an innovative poem-essay hybrid, Propositions on Being Alive confronts the alienation of life under late stage capitalism. Drawing from Marxist theory and mystic theology, Propositions weaves personal and political into a raw, life-affirming manifesto for love.
*** All print orders include pdf versions of this title and Ellis’s Love and Endless Love.***
Release Date: November 7, 2023
THAT BEING ALIVE IS A LOVELY THING (ALTERNATE PROOF)
Counting the number of propositions like these I’ve thought up in my lifetime; for and against; trying to make up my own mind as everyone must; I have come up with more reasons for loveliness; which; while it doesn’t prove anything; not strictly; nevertheless;
In an innovative poem-essay hybrid, Propositions on Being Alive confronts the alienation of life under late stage capitalism. Drawing from Marxist theory and mystic theology, Propositions weaves personal and political into a raw, life-affirming manifesto for love.
*** All print orders include pdf versions of this title and Ellis’s Love and Endless Love.***
Release Date: November 7, 2023
THAT BEING ALIVE IS A LOVELY THING (ALTERNATE PROOF)
Counting the number of propositions like these I’ve thought up in my lifetime; for and against; trying to make up my own mind as everyone must; I have come up with more reasons for loveliness; which; while it doesn’t prove anything; not strictly; nevertheless;
In an innovative poem-essay hybrid, Propositions on Being Alive confronts the alienation of life under late stage capitalism. Drawing from Marxist theory and mystic theology, Propositions weaves personal and political into a raw, life-affirming manifesto for love.
*** All print orders include pdf versions of this title and Ellis’s Love and Endless Love.***