{"product_id":"life-itself-messiness-is-next-to-goddessness-and-other-essays-paperback","title":"Life Itself: Messiness Is Next to Goddessness and Other Essays - 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\u003eJohn Boe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"We all do and think funny things every day, only most of us edit them out of our consciousness, we don't share some of the most interesting things we think and do. For example, in 1981 I heard that my wife was expecting our third child, and I was suddenly filled with the archetypal need to make money.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Boe continues with the anecdote of how he came to be teaching English at the University of California at Davis, offering one of many delightful and personal snapshots of his humorous and often revealing approach to living. In these short, witty essays, he slices life along the lines of Jungian psychology applied to such everyday topics as holidays, palmistry, Shakespeare, movies, astrology, and more, while behind the humor is a satisfying glimpse of wisdom and experience. John Boe is a lecturer at the University of California at Davis, editor of Writing on the Edge, a newsletter about teaching writing, and a frequent contributor to such publications as East Bay Express, Unte Reader, the San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, and Psychological Perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Looking for the Meaning of Life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMessiness Is Next to Goddessness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMistakes Were Made: Philosophy in an Off Key\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Me and My Anima\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligion and Basketball\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Holidays of Darkness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Palm of My Hand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon't Dream It, Be It: \u003cem\u003eThe Rocky Horror Picture Show\u003c\/em\u003e as Dionysian Revel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarie-Louise von Franz and \u003cem\u003eThe Way of the Dream\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePleasing and Agreeable: An Interview with John Freeman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Age of Pegasus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Looking at Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wolf in Jack London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimenon, Apollo, and Dionysus: A Jungian Approach to Mysteries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Kill Mercutio: Thoughts on Shakespeare's Psychological Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Introvert in Shakespeare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCats and Dogs: A Theory of Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Looking at Life Itself\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn My Back\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePapa Was a Gamblin' Man\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Time to Be Born\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes: My Mother at the Piano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife Itself\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.01 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984064053549,"sku":"9780933029866","price":30.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/uzLLpmGIcy9780933029866.webp?v=1776081703","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/life-itself-messiness-is-next-to-goddessness-and-other-essays-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}