GHOST MATINEE
In GHOST MATINEE, Cathryn Shea’s second full-length poetry collection, she delves into the haunting influence of memories that shape both the present and the future. Her poems weave together the personal, political, and global, revealing the hidden and overlooked amid the ordinary. With a keen eye on the fleeting beauty of our world, Shea offers a profound meditation on time—where "the past is a frontier" of uncharted memories, and "the future is a sanctuary" of hope and refuge. Rather than yearning for "the good old days," these poems look forward, even as the ghosts of the past cast shadows over the matinees of our lives. GHOST MATINEE presents a deeply reflective exploration of how we carry the past while seeking solace and possibility in what lies ahead.
In GHOST MATINEE, Cathryn Shea’s second full-length poetry collection, she delves into the haunting influence of memories that shape both the present and the future. Her poems weave together the personal, political, and global, revealing the hidden and overlooked amid the ordinary. With a keen eye on the fleeting beauty of our world, Shea offers a profound meditation on time—where "the past is a frontier" of uncharted memories, and "the future is a sanctuary" of hope and refuge. Rather than yearning for "the good old days," these poems look forward, even as the ghosts of the past cast shadows over the matinees of our lives. GHOST MATINEE presents a deeply reflective exploration of how we carry the past while seeking solace and possibility in what lies ahead.
In GHOST MATINEE, Cathryn Shea’s second full-length poetry collection, she delves into the haunting influence of memories that shape both the present and the future. Her poems weave together the personal, political, and global, revealing the hidden and overlooked amid the ordinary. With a keen eye on the fleeting beauty of our world, Shea offers a profound meditation on time—where "the past is a frontier" of uncharted memories, and "the future is a sanctuary" of hope and refuge. Rather than yearning for "the good old days," these poems look forward, even as the ghosts of the past cast shadows over the matinees of our lives. GHOST MATINEE presents a deeply reflective exploration of how we carry the past while seeking solace and possibility in what lies ahead.
Praise for GHOST MATINEE
Compelling, elegant, and linguistically dynamic, Ghost Matinee is filled with poems that perfectly balance emotion and intellect, painting intimate portraits of identity, loss, family, and nature. Shea showcases a true talent for imbuing small human details with authenticity and layered meanings. Each poem maps out the human heart in relation to that larger earth heart, in all their internal conflicts, with precision and grace.
—John Sibley Williams, author of The Drowning House
About CATHRYN SHEA
Cathryn Shea's second full-length poetry collection, Ghost Matinee, is set to release with Unsolicited Press in March 2025. Her debut full-length book, Genealogy Lesson for the Laity, is also available from Unsolicited Press and on Amazon.
Cathryn's poetry has been widely featured in numerous publications and was nominated for Sundress Publications' Best of the Net. Her fourth chapbook, Backpack Full of Leaves, was published by Cyberwit.net in 2019, and her third, The Secrets Hidden in a Pear Tree, was released by dancing girl press the same year. She also published It's Raining Lullabies with dancing girl press in 2017.
Her earlier works include her first chapbook, Snap Bean (CC. Marimbo, 2014). Cathryn was a 2017 Best of the Net nominee and a merit finalist in the 2013 Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition. In 2004, she received the Marjorie J. Wilson Award, judged by Charles Simic. Her poetry is featured in the anthology Open to Interpretation: Intimate Landscape (2012), and she has work in 2017 anthologies like Luminous Echoes (Into The Void) and The New English Verse (Cyberwit.net).
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Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 978-1-963115-33-8
Publication Date: April 22, 2025
