{"product_id":"soul-in-a-shell-poetry-prose-paperback","title":"Soul in a Shell: Poetry + Prose - 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\u003eDylan James Byall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNick Kempton\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eMartha Sprackland\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoul in a Shell\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poetry collection that explores what it means to live in an age of noise, numbness, and survival. Written in a minimalist, contemporary style, these poems move through memory, technology, war, disconnection, and the quiet search for belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from military life, modern love, and the emotional weight of screens and systems, the collection follows a single consciousness moving through many forms-at times fragmented, at times tender, always searching for something human beneath the surface. The poems resist spectacle in favor of restraint, allowing silence, absence, and repetition to carry meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than offering answers, \u003cem\u003eSoul in a Shell\u003c\/em\u003e creates a space to sit with uncertainty. It reflects on how identity is shaped by pressure-by institutions, expectations, and the digital world-and asks what remains when those structures fall away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who carry both sorrow and softness, this book is a quiet refuge: a home built of words that is fragile, honest, and lit from within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47823031599325,"sku":"9798998744419","price":19.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/t9FX1dVJnZ9798998744419.webp?v=1776596136","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/soul-in-a-shell-poetry-prose-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}