Ghost Pain

"Singer of stories, lyric raconteur, Sydney Lea has evolved-through a long, rich career-into one of America's most harrowing and honest poets. Ghost Pain is his most eloquent and wrenching book."-T.R. Hummer "Ghost Pain is a remarkable book, which takes his work to a new level."-Stephen Dunn The eighth poetry collection by the founder of New England Review explores addiction, alcoholism, violence and the uses and inadequacies of art.