{"product_id":"jack-the-modernist-paperback","title":"Jack the Modernist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Glück\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRob Halpern\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cult classic now back in print, this novel about sex, obsession, and art is one of the defining works of 1980s gay fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA classic of postmodern fiction, Robert Glück's \u003ci\u003eJack the Modernist\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the slow disintegration of a love affair set in the early 1980s. Bob is excited and lonely. He meets and pursues the elusive Jack, a director who is able to transform others without altering himself. Bob goes to the baths, gossips on the phone, goes to a bar, thinks about werewolves, has an orgasm, and discovers a number of truths about Jack. Out of print for decades, Glück's paean to desire and obsession explores the everyday in an idiom both intimate and lush. Sensual as well as sensational, self-conscious, but never self-serious, \u003ci\u003eJack the Modernist \u003c\/i\u003eis a candid and heartfelt lover's discourse unlike any other.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Glück \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, fiction writer, critic, potter, and editor. In the late 1970s, he and Bruce Boone founded New Narrative, a literary movement of self-reflexive storytelling that combines essay, lyric, and autobiography in one work. Glück is the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eElements \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDenny Smith\u003c\/i\u003e; the novels \u003ci\u003eJack the Modernist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMargery Kempe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAbout Ed\u003c\/i\u003e (all published by New York Review Books); and a volume of collected essays, \u003ci\u003eCommunal Nude.\u003c\/i\u003e His books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eLa Fontaine \u003c\/i\u003ewith Bruce Boone, \u003ci\u003eReader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn commemoration of the Visit \u003c\/i\u003ewith Kathleen Fraser, and \u003ci\u003eI, Boombox. \u003c\/i\u003eGlück has served as codirector at Small Press Traffic, as an associate editor at Lapis Press, and as the director of the Poetry Center at San Francisco State University, where he is an emeritus professor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRob Halpern\u003c\/b\u003e organizes the Writers' Bloc, a poetry-writing workshop inside Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Southeast Michigan, and is a professor of creative writing at Eastern Michigan University. He's the author of \u003ci\u003eMusic for Porn \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHieroglyphs of the Inverted World\u003c\/i\u003e, among other works. Together with Robin Tremblay-McGaw, Halpern is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eFrom Our Hearts To Yours: New Narrative As Contemporary Practice\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987727843629,"sku":"9781681379715","price":18.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/eMWD3JZ4b29781681379715.webp?v=1776183734","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/jack-the-modernist-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}