{"product_id":"poems-prayers","title":"Poems \u0026 Prayers","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAcademy Award-winning actor and #1 \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author \n\u003cb\u003eMatthew McConaughey\u003c\/b\u003e is a husband and a father, an eternal optimist, a hopeful skeptic, and a man of faith who believes that we should all start sellin' Sunday morning like a Saturday night. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcConaughey is a professor of practice at the University of Texas in Austin and co-owner of The Austin FC soccer club. He and his wife, Camila, founded the just keep livin Foundation, which is dedicated to helping boys and girls transform into good men and women through programs that teach the importance of decision-making, health, education, and active living. McConaughey resides with Camila and their three children in Austin, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A book of poetry from actor and celebrity Matthew McConaughey\"-- Provided by publisher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Imagine a country-and-western song that stops in at every bar on Saturday night before finding itself in the pew on Sunday morning, and you're halfway there. This is wisdom earned the hard way and repaid with compound interest . . . So much in his book is memorable . . . No more frisky--or well-intentioned--volume will grace the best-seller lists this season.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Pico Ayer, \u003ci\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Utterly confident. . . . These verses unlocked joy.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Texas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beguiling . . . likely to be the bestselling book of poetry published this year.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Some [poems] are funny, some are jagged, many are uncomfortably honest. . . . That willingness to laugh at himself might be what gives \n\u003ci\u003ePoems and Prayers\u003c\/i\u003e its unexpected charm. . . . . McConaughey isn't selling solutions. He's documenting a wrestle. And somehow, that honesty feels like the most convincing testimony of all.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Relevant \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A joy.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Vulture\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003ePoems \u0026amp; Prayers\u003c\/i\u003e is like Bob Dylan riding shotgun with Billy Graham on a road trip through the soul.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Greg McKeown, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEssentialism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEffortless\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGreenlights\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"McConaughey's own story is arguably more interesting than any character he has embodied on the silver screen over the decades.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Both calming and laugh, laugh, laugh-out-loud funny.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Delightfully voicey.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A rollicking, contemplative trip.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"McConaughey's book invites us to grapple with the lessons of his life as he did--and to see that the point was never to win, but to understand.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Mark Manson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - From the Academy Award-winning actor and author of \u003ci\u003eGreenlights \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and chasing down the original dream, belief. \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy prayers are my poems are my prayers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI've always relied on logic to make sense of myself and the world. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA prescriptionist at heart, I've always looked to reason to find the rhyme, the practical to get to the mystical, the choreography to find the dance, the proof to get to the truth, and reality to get to the dream. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI've been finding that tougher to do lately. It's more than hard to know what to believe in; it's hard to believe. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut I don't want to quit believing, and I don't want to stop believing \n\u003ci\u003ein . . .\u003c\/i\u003e humanity, you, myself, our potential. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI think it's time for us to flip the script on what's historically been our means of making sense, and instead open our aperture to enchantment and look to faith, belief, and dreams for our reality. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLet's sing more than we might make sense, believe in more than the world can conclude, get more impressed with the wow instead of the how, let inspiration interrupt our appointments, dream our way to reality, serve some soul food to our hungry heads, put proof on the shelf for a season, and rhyme our way to reason. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForget logic, certainty, owning, or making a start-up company of it; let's go beyond what we can merely imagine, and believe, in the poetry of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/15\/2025 (EAN 9781984862105, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e McConaughey, Matthew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2025-09-16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Self-Help \/ Motivational \u0026amp; Inspirational|Poetry \/ Subjects \u0026amp; Themes \/ Motivational \u0026amp; Inspirational|Mind, Body, Spirit \/ Inspiration \u0026amp; Personal Growth|Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography \/ Rich \u0026amp; Famous|Poetry \/ American\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Religion|McConaughey, Matthew|Motion picture actors and actresses|21st century|Prayers|Poetry|Faith|Belief and doubt|American poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984862105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781984862105\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52375016505625,"sku":"SP-9781984862105","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9781984862105_spiral.png?v=1778491808","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/poems-prayers","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}