{"product_id":"seven-pages-missing-volume-1-steve-mccaffery-9781552450499","title":"Seven Pages Missing Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn two massive volumes, Steve McCaffery, Canada's most challenging, experimental and innovative poet\/critic amasses the best of his previously published and ungathered work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the early concrete and visual poems of \u003ci\u003eBroken Mandala\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTransitions to the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e to the Ludwig Wittgenstein-inspired philosophical investigations of \u003ci\u003eEVOBA, \u003c\/i\u003e from the innovative novel \u003ci\u003ePanopticon\u003c\/i\u003e to the Governor General's Award-nominated \u003ci\u003eTheory of Sediment\u003c\/i\u003e and the recent \u003ci\u003eThe Cheat of Words, \u003c\/i\u003e this comprehensive edition covers all phases of McCaffery's vast and heterogeneous poetic oeuvre. Many works that have previously only been available in small, privately circulated editions, such as \u003ci\u003eShifters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEvery Way Oakly, \u003c\/i\u003e are available in perfect-bound form here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 2, following in the wake of the extraordinarily successful first volume, collects the best of McCaffery's ungathered work. Along with selections from his concrete and visual poetry, this book contains sound poem and performance scores, excerpts from early chapbooks, 'pataphysical essays and sections of the often-discussed but rarely seen text \u003ci\u003eThe Abstract Ruin.\u003c\/i\u003e For new readers and long-time fans of McCaffery alike, Volume 2 of \u003ci\u003eSeven Pages Missing\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve McCaffery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155245049X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552450499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 6.18w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/21\/2001 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/22\/2002 pg. 170","brand":"Steve McCaffery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985118593279,"sku":"9781552450499","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d127459-1dbf-49f2-8e50-3e2c2af89b57.jpg?v=1683275653","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seven-pages-missing-volume-1-steve-mccaffery-9781552450499","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}