{"product_id":"sublime-physick-essays-paperback","title":"Sublime Physick: Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Madden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2016 \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Indies Award, Silver \u003cbr\u003e 2016 Association for Mormon Letters Award \u003cbr\u003e 2017 Independent Publisher Book Award, Gold\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This introspective and exuberant collection of Patrick Madden's essays is wide-ranging and wild, following bifurcating paths of thought to surprising connections. In \u003ci\u003eSublime Physick\u003c\/i\u003e, Madden seeks what is common and ennobling among seemingly disparate, even divisive, subjects, ruminating on midlife, time, family, forgiveness, loss, originality, a Canadian rock band, and much more, discerning the ways in which the natural world (\u003ci\u003efisica\u003c\/i\u003e) transcends and joins the realm of ideas (\u003ci\u003esublime\u003c\/i\u003e) through the application of a meditative mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In twelve essays that straddle the classical and the contemporary, Madden transmutes the ruder world into a finer one, articulating with subtle humor and playfulness how science and experience abut and intersect with spirituality and everyday life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Madden\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at Brigham Young University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDisparates: Essays\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2020) and \u003ci\u003eQuotidiana: Essays\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2014), and coeditor, with David Lazar, of \u003ci\u003eAfter Montaigne: Contemporary Essayists Cover the Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. His essays have appeared in a variety of periodicals as well as in \u003ci\u003eThe Best Creative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Spiritual Writing\u003c\/i\u003e anthologies. Visit Madden's website at quotidiana.org. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42087922237575,"sku":"9781496230645","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a9e005bc7dba4c1b0753bd6ffc8ca50b_d2d2fa1c-54d7-4753-8d22-756e490e3445.webp?v=1734067371","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/sublime-physick-essays-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}