30 Poems for a Noumenal November

In this stunning sequel to 31 Poems for an Orphic October, Orange County-grown poets Alexandra Silverstein and Brendan Shusterman continue to explore similar themes of revenge, rejection, isolation, promiscuity, deceit, murder, and even the Devil himself. In further exploring the Noumenal, that which is beyond our phenomenal description and yet still must be painstakingly described, we enter a journey that is always within us. Whether wandering through drunken nights on the town and listless days in an office full of disinterested women in Bangkok, or investigating the various personalities of an apartment block and embarking through a myriad of adventures in a Toon Town-ed Los Angeles, the story evolves through various suites of dream in its own soul-searching and endearing, methodical way. Joining this cast is Amy Morley, who provides her own cosmic trip into the Noumenal herself with four poems. Prepare yourself for the wild tales of three minds rolled up into one, lightly smoked to leave a good buzz, and then well-meditated on to soak it all in. These are the poems of loss and gain, hardship and joy: the poems of a Noumenal November.