Jennifer Gross, a Duke freshman from California. . .met Raft while he was selling The After Dark Field Book Sonnets. "I read them nightly to my roommate." (Raft's The After Dark Field Book Sonnets are contained in Eternity in a Grain of Sand). -- The Daily Tar Heel
McGucken's definitely attempting to defy the stereotype of Generation Xers as disinterested layabouts. Hence Jollyroger.com's pirate theme. -- Book Magazine
McGucken's passion for his cause has caused some tension in his life. A woman he dated disagreed with his views. . . In reply, he wrote "Poetry for a Pristine Girl": And of the pristine feminine I am a fan,/But this culture taught her to live a lie,/ To trade her virtue and become a man." (Poem is included in Eternity in a Grain of Sand) -- The Pittsburgh Tribune
The irony of being a scientist who loves poetry is not lost on McGucken: "There's no way to write down a physical equation that explains love or laughter or tears." -- The Pittsburgh Tribune
Product Description
ETERNITY IN A GRAIN OF SAND consists of over 200 pages of rhyming, metered poetry taken from Jollyroger.com's treasure holds. This is the heart and soul of the WWW Renaissance as captained by the three sonneteers: Drake Raft, Becket Knottingham, and Elliot McGucken.
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