{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Harrison is the author of thirty books, including Legends of the Fall, Dalva, and Shape of the Journey. His work has been translated into two dozen languages and produced as four feature-length films. In 2007, Mr. Harrison was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He divides his time between Montana and southern Arizona.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505169797394,"sku":"9781556591495","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c93bed74-d7c0-47b2-94fc-5bb01ae17626.jpg?v=1730834953","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-shape-of-the-journey-new-collected-poems-9781556591495","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}