{"product_id":"shadow-act-daniel-brock-johnson-9781952119682","title":"Shadow ACT: An Elegy for Journalist James Foley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2024 Mass Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProceeds from the sale of \u003c\/i\u003eShadow Act\u003ci\u003e will benefit the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, advocating for the freedom of all Americans held hostage abroad and promoting the safety of journalists worldwide.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his second collection--a powerful act of documentary poetics a decade in the making--Johnson chronicles the perils and joys of fatherhood and a shattering tragedy that plays out thousands of miles away. Nearly two years after the poet's closest friend went missing, journalist James Foley was executed by ISIS in Syria. In this poetic daybook like no other, Johnson often speaks directly to his missing friend--\"I don't know, Jim, where you are,\" even long after his death. Page to page, Foley ghosts in and out of the book, as the poet hails the birth of children, recounts hunting for the body of a neighbor's missing cat, and, later, pores over the hand-written pages that Foley smuggled out of a Libyan prison in his shoe. An educator and poet, Johnson has crafted a vibrant, urgent collection that pulses with the terror and hardship Foley faced, the anguish of those he left behind, and the everlasting friendship between the two men. During a time of great collective trauma and mourning, this heartfelt, formally rich collection tackles the question: \"How do you go on living, loving, and creating in the face of unthinkable loss?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Brock Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952119685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952119682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McSweeney's\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.55h x 6.34w x 0.66d","brand":"Daniel Brock Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153884262655,"sku":"9781952119682","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f96ed998-5e07-44bc-895e-7b3d94c34f5b.jpg?v=1770786482","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shadow-act-daniel-brock-johnson-9781952119682","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}