{"id":4031,"date":"2022-01-10T22:17:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T06:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/?page_id=4031"},"modified":"2023-03-28T21:30:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T04:30:40","slug":"praying-mantis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/spoken-word-lecture-recordings-by-jim-carroll\/praying-mantis\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying Mantis"},"content":{"rendered":"<table align=\"left\" width=\"99%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<!--printstart--><br \/>\n<!-- HEADER END --> <!-- BEGIN BODY CONTENT --><br \/>\n<span class=\"breadcrumb\"><a href=\"index.php\">Home<\/a> &gt; <a href=\"works.php\">Works<\/a> &gt; <a href=\"albums.php\">Music &amp; Spoken Word<\/a> &gt; <a href=\"albums_spoken.php\">Spoken Word\/Lecture <\/a>&gt;<br \/>\nPraying Mantis (1991)<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Praying Mantis<\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">By  Jim Carroll<br \/>\nGiant, 1991<br \/>\nNoble Rot, 2008 (re-issued)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Get this on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00108YGVA?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thejimcarrollweb&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00108YGVA\">Amazon.com<\/a><br \/>\n<b>See also:<\/b> <a href=\"audio.php\">audio clips<\/a><\/p>\n<table align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Tracks:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fragment: Little N.Y. Ode<\/strong><br \/>\n<object height=\"16\" width=\"16\"><param><param><param><\/object><\/li>\n<li>A Day at the Races<\/li>\n<li>Times Square&#8217;s Cage<\/li>\n<li>A Child Growing Up with the Sun<\/li>\n<li>Tiny Tortures<\/li>\n<li>To the National Endowment of the Arts<\/li>\n<li>Terrorist Trousers<\/li>\n<li>Monologue: The Loss of American Innocence<\/li>\n<li>For Elizabeth<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sampling Nietzsche<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<object height=\"16\" width=\"16\"><param><param><param><\/object><\/li>\n<li>Just Visiting<\/li>\n<li>Praying Mantis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Except for &#8220;Little New York Ode,&#8221; all of the pieces<br \/>\nCarroll recorded for Praying Mantis were recorded from a live performance at St.<br \/>\nMark&#8217;s Church, NYC.<\/p>\n<p>Praying Mantis includes works from Living at the Movies and Forced<br \/>\nEntries, as well as new work, some of which is now published in Fear of Dreaming.<\/p>\n<p>View the <a href=\"pmantis.php\">title poem and image<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- END BODY CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><!-- FOOTER START --><br \/>\n<!--printend--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home &gt; Works &gt; Music &amp; Spoken Word &gt; Spoken Word\/Lecture &gt; Praying Mantis (1991) Praying Mantis By Jim Carroll Giant, 1991 Noble Rot, 2008 (re-issued) Get this on Amazon.com See also: audio clips Tracks: Fragment: Little N.Y. Ode A Day at the Races Times Square&#8217;s Cage A Child Growing Up with the Sun Tiny &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/spoken-word-lecture-recordings-by-jim-carroll\/praying-mantis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Praying Mantis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4519,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[48],"class_list":["post-4031","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-131","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7928,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/articles-poems-by-jim-carroll\/praying-mantis-poem\/","url_meta":{"origin":4031,"position":0},"title":"Praying Mantis &#8211; Poem","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"April 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Poem by Jim Carroll, from Praying Mantis and Fear of DreamingPhoto by Tamela Glenn, from\u00a0Praying Mantis, 1991 Look at itIt's all blankThe face in the photographToo dark for featuresBut the praying mantisJust so clearIts forelegs fingering my hairAnd it's there in focus on my shoulderIt teaches me my true nameIt\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Praying Mantis - Photo of Jim Carroll by Tamela Glenn (1991)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mantis.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9881,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/music-reviews\/review-of-praying-mantis-college-music-journal-1991\/","url_meta":{"origin":4031,"position":1},"title":"Review of\u00a0Praying Mantis &#8211; College Music Journal &#8211; 1991","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"May 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Praying MantisReview in CMJ New Music Report6 December 1991 Jim Carroll claims all this spoken stuff came \"\u2026off the top of my head, so to speak.\" Unlike the precision of an Eric Bogosian, Carroll's top-of-the-head delivery gives his poems and stories an unusual and pleasurable immediacy as well as an\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4519,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/spoken-word-lecture-recordings-by-jim-carroll\/","url_meta":{"origin":4031,"position":2},"title":"Spoken-Word\/Lecture Recordings by Jim Carroll","author":"catholicboy.com","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"See also: Spoken-Word: Collaborations Pools of MercuryReleased: 1998By: Jim CarrollLabel: MercuryGenre: Music and spoken word Get this album on Amazon Curtis's Charm: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackReleased: 1996By: Music by Mark Korven with songs by My Brilliant BeastLabel: Rabid Dog ProductionsGenre: Film soundtrack Carroll reads \"Curtis's Charm,\" from Fear of Dreaming.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naropa-university_174.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naropa-university_174.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naropa-university_174.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":199,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/photos-video-audio\/audio-library\/","url_meta":{"origin":4031,"position":3},"title":"Audio Library","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"June 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This website has existed since 1995. 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