{"product_id":"the-shape-of-the-journey-new-collected-poems-9781556591495","title":"The Shape of the Journey: New \u0026 Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is poetry worth loving, hating, and fighting over.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the definitive collection of poetry from one of America's best-loved writers--now available in paperback. With the publication of this book, eight volumes of poetry were brought back into print, including the early nature-based lyrics of \u003cem\u003ePlain Song\u003c\/em\u003e, the explosive \u003cem\u003eOutlyer \u0026amp; Ghazals\u003c\/em\u003e, and the startling \"correspondence\" with a dead Russian poet in \u003cem\u003eLetters to Yesenin\u003c\/em\u003e. Also included is an introduction by Harrison, several previously uncollected poems, and \"Geo-Bestiary,\" a 34-part paean to earthly passions. \u003cem\u003eThe Shape of the Journey\u003c\/em\u003e confirms Jim Harrison's place among the most brilliant and essential poets writing today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Behind the words one always feels the presence of a passionate, exuberant man who is at the same time possessed of a quick, subtle intelligence and a deeply questioning attitude toward life. Harrison writes so winningly that one is simply content to be in the presence of a writer this vital, this large-spirited.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"(An) untrammelled renegade genius... here's a poet talking to you instead of around himself, while doing absolutely brilliant and outrageous things with language.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers can wander the woods of this collection for a lifetime and still be amazed at what they find.\"--\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the cloth edition of this book was first published, it immediately became one of Copper Canyon Press's all-time bestsellers. It was featured on Garrison Keillor's \u003cem\u003eWriter's Almanac\u003c\/em\u003e, became a finalist for the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Prize\u003c\/em\u003e, and was selected as one of the \"Top-Ten Books of 1998\" by \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJim Harrison\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of dozens of books, including \u003cem\u003eLegends of the Fall\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn Search of Small Gods\u003c\/em\u003e. He has also written numerous screenplays and served as the food columnist for \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. He lives in Montana and Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDead Deer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmid pale green milkweed, wild clover, \u003cbr\u003e a rotted deer\u003cbr\u003e curled, shaglike, \u003cbr\u003e after a winter so cold\u003cbr\u003e the trees split open.\u003cbr\u003e I think she couldn't keep up with\u003cbr\u003e the others (they had no place\u003cbr\u003e to go) and her food, \u003cbr\u003e frozen grass and twigs, \u003cb\u003eBR\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Harrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556591495\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713389465737,"sku":"9781556591495","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_798b0e2d-5787-4953-8a40-f9acb29ed4aa.jpg?v=1719610038","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-shape-of-the-journey-new-collected-poems-9781556591495","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}