Chapel of Inadvertent Joy
Chapel of Inadvertent Joy
JEFFREY McDANIEL
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2013
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84
Pages: 72
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hjs84
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Chapel of Inadvertent Joy
Book Description:

"Reading Jeffrey McDaniel's gorgeously dark and utterly compellingChapel of Inadvertent Joyreminds me that he is probably the most important poet in America. The book in your hands was written by a master of metaphor and a poet of huge imagination and fierce ingenuity, a fine antidote to realism. Get this voice in your head."

-Major Jackson

eISBN: 978-0-8229-7912-8
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-viii)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. ix-xii)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.2
  3. Little Soldier of Love
    • Hello
      Hello (pp. 3-4)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.3
    • Track of Now
      Track of Now (pp. 5-5)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.4
    • A Brief History of the Future
      A Brief History of the Future (pp. 6-6)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.5
    • Beware of the Dark Sedan Idling Inside You
      Beware of the Dark Sedan Idling Inside You (pp. 7-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.6
    • Attention, Please
      Attention, Please (pp. 8-8)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.7
    • Happy Marriage
      Happy Marriage (pp. 9-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.8
    • Eliot Spitzer in Grad School
      Eliot Spitzer in Grad School (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.9
    • The Cougar Tree
      The Cougar Tree (pp. 11-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.10
    • A Brief History of Eyebrows
      A Brief History of Eyebrows (pp. 12-12)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.11
    • The Barbecued Man
      The Barbecued Man (pp. 13-13)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.12
    • Pity Party
      Pity Party (pp. 14-14)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.13
    • The Grudge
      The Grudge (pp. 15-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.14
    • Pick-up Lines of the Marquis de Sade
      Pick-up Lines of the Marquis de Sade (pp. 16-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.15
    • Conditionals
      Conditionals (pp. 17-17)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.16
    • Little Soldier of Love
      Little Soldier of Love (pp. 18-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.17
    • Satan Exulting Over Eve
      Satan Exulting Over Eve (pp. 19-22)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.18
    • Keeper of the Light
      Keeper of the Light (pp. 23-26)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.19
  4. Reflections of a Cuckold and Other Blasphemies
    • The Birds and the Bees
      The Birds and the Bees (pp. 29-30)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.20
    • I Am Not an Idiot
      I Am Not an Idiot (pp. 31-31)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.21
    • The Furies
      The Furies (pp. 32-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.22
    • The Cuckold in Autumn
      The Cuckold in Autumn (pp. 33-33)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.23
    • Life as a Donkey
      Life as a Donkey (pp. 34-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.24
    • Holiday Weekend
      Holiday Weekend (pp. 35-35)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.25
    • The Cuckold Explores the Subjunctive
      The Cuckold Explores the Subjunctive (pp. 36-36)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.26
    • Reflections of a Cuckold and Other Blasphemies
      Reflections of a Cuckold and Other Blasphemies (pp. 37-37)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.27
    • Lust in Translation
      Lust in Translation (pp. 38-38)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.28
    • The Cuckold and the Penal System
      The Cuckold and the Penal System (pp. 39-39)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.29
    • from The Cuckold’s Survivor Manual
      from The Cuckold’s Survivor Manual (pp. 40-40)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.30
    • The Cuckold Sees the Bigger Picture
      The Cuckold Sees the Bigger Picture (pp. 41-41)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.31
    • The Cuckold Contemplates the Malibu Fires
      The Cuckold Contemplates the Malibu Fires (pp. 42-42)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.32
    • Interview with a Cuckold
      Interview with a Cuckold (pp. 43-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.33
  5. Return to El Mundo Perdido
    • A Brief History of Immortality
      A Brief History of Immortality (pp. 47-47)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.34
    • Queen of the Shortcuts
      Queen of the Shortcuts (pp. 48-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.35
    • A Brief History of Neon
      A Brief History of Neon (pp. 49-49)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.36
    • Return to El Mundo Perdido
      Return to El Mundo Perdido (pp. 50-50)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.37
    • Legacy is a piece of toilet paper hanging out of your pants at a family reunion
      Legacy is a piece of toilet paper hanging out of your pants at a family reunion (pp. 51-51)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.38
    • The High Heat
      The High Heat (pp. 52-52)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.39
    • Kicking the Lust Bucket
      Kicking the Lust Bucket (pp. 53-55)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.40
    • Youngest Brother Turning Forty
      Youngest Brother Turning Forty (pp. 56-56)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.41
    • Fifty-Fifty Ball
      Fifty-Fifty Ball (pp. 57-57)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.42
    • Half-breed
      Half-breed (pp. 58-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.43
    • Cleaves
      Cleaves (pp. 59-60)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.44
    • poem beginning with a line from Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues”
      poem beginning with a line from Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” (pp. 61-62)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.45
    • Mapache
      Mapache (pp. 63-64)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.46
    • Middle Age
      Middle Age (pp. 65-65)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.47
    • undocumented joyrider in the land of the flesh
      undocumented joyrider in the land of the flesh (pp. 66-66)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.48
    • Reckoning
      Reckoning (pp. 67-68)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.49
    • Yard Work
      Yard Work (pp. 69-69)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.50
    • Chapel of Inadvertent Joy
      Chapel of Inadvertent Joy (pp. 70-72)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.51
  6. Acknowledgments
    Acknowledgments (pp. 73-74)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjs84.52