{"product_id":"the-lost-novel-9781934200780","title":"The Lost Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Shea's first book \u003ci\u003eStar in the Eye\u003c\/i\u003e won the Fence Modern Poets Series, and garnered widespread acclaim with rave reviews in the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e, which named it a \"Favorite Book of the Year\" (2008). His follow-up, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, comes on the heels of that praise and the anticipation that's been building since his stunning debut. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Equal parts deep trouble and heavy pleasure, The Lost Novel is make-up that gets its real on at the ever-breaking mirror we call the world. Lo and behold: James Shea is the James Shea of poetry.\" \u003cb\u003e--Graham Foust\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Though \"There's really no dimension \/ to what we should know,\" Shea's peripatetic second collection, The Lost Novel, takes us on a mysterious quest, by foot and by car, through rain and through fire, into our restless unknowing, where unreasonable questions that refer to a lost text of spiritual and material imperative--the missing bible of this spare universe--undermine and trouble our impossible pilgrim's progress. How shall we proceed? And how will we know if we have succeeded? These poems are full of subtle longing even as they elegize the unnamable: \"What are your names,\" asks Shea, \"I want to report you.\" \"If \/ there could be \/ a monument to \/ the journey we \/ took it would \/ have to be grand \/ and quiet and \/ shabby and wear- \/ ing thin of its paint \/ with another monument \/ showing through.\" The Lost Novel is that sadly beautiful monument, and The Lost Novel is that beautifully sad journey.\" \u003cb\u003e--Robyn Schiff \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Shea's first poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eStar in the Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Fence Books and included in the Poetry Society of America's New American Poets Series. His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDenver Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ejubilat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Census: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fence Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934200780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.90w x 0.20d","brand":"James Shea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45351303446709,"sku":"9781934200780","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_109b40f6-caee-48ee-a165-48763e8265d9.jpg?v=1746540925","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lost-novel-9781934200780","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}