{"product_id":"honest-james-9780988464384","title":"Honest James","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One of the strangest books of poetry to come along in some time, Christian Schlegel's \u003ci\u003eHonest James\u003c\/i\u003e seems to draw inspiration from the back corridors and anterooms of poetry.\" --John Ashbery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith setting moons, talking tulips and the peacefulness found in a horse's mane, the poems in Christian Schlegel's debut collection \u003ci\u003eHonest James\u003c\/i\u003e might be as difficult to describe as the layered notes of an ancient perfume: \"A famous notion twirled and froze. I made it mine. \/ Again it twirled.\" This unabashedly lyrical collection, which never shies away from rhyme, includes various cameos, such as Goethe in its second section, with the end result being what John Ashbery calls \"one of the strangest books of poetry to come along in some time.\"\u003cbr\u003eBorn and raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, \u003cb\u003eChristian Schlegel\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, and is an English PhD student at Harvard. HIs work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eCompany\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLana Turner\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe American Reader\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Song Cave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780988464384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.40d","brand":"Christian Schlegel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51299152199861,"sku":"9780988464384","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_54a846cc-bfbf-43db-8cc3-4f4f71f002ee.jpg?v=1751985517","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/honest-james-9780988464384","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}