{"product_id":"33-1-3-sufjan-stevens-carrie-and-lowell","title":"33 1\/3 Volume 198: Sufjan Stevens' Carrie And Lowell","description":"\u003cp\u003eUpon the release of Sufjan Stevens' seventh studio album, Carrie \u0026amp; Lowell, two divergent groups found themselves as strange bedfellows: the LGBTQIA+ community and American evangelical Christians. Both were united in praise for Stevens' beautifully melancholic music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCritically acclaimed as one of the best albums of 2015, the elegiac and intimate record about the death of Sufjan's estranged mother reflects the musician's own paradoxical posture-Carrie \u0026amp; Lowell is both sacred and profane, Christian and queer, traditional and progressive, despairing and hopeful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheologian and cultural critic Joel Mayward considers Carrie \u0026amp; Lowell as a mystical metamodern memento mori, Sufjan's symphonic (as opposed to systematic) approach to the questions of mortality, sexuality, and God. Fusing critical observations with personal narrative, Mayward examines the unique audience reception of Carrie \u0026amp; Lowell and the questions it raises: in a world of division, how might Stevens' affecting music act as a bridge of love between seemingly irreconcilable communities? As Carrie \u0026amp; Lowell reminds us of the painful truth that “we're all gonna die,” perhaps it also offers a glimpse of transcendence and hope on this side of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/333sound.com\/\"\u003eKeep up with 33 1\/3 series news.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Joel Mayward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160pp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 x 7.75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/strong\u003eNovember 13, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 979-8765132760\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47519943721216,"sku":"9788765132760","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/3902\/files\/33sscarrielowell.jpg?v=1767412369","url":"https:\/\/atomicbooks.com\/products\/33-1-3-sufjan-stevens-carrie-and-lowell","provider":"Atomic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}