Lost Joy Author:Camden Joy Camden Joy entered notoriety in 1995 as a renegade-rock-critic-meets-pop-culture-seer and, since then, has smitten his fans with a rich spread of prose and manifesto. Contained in LOST JOY are the rich, poignant stories that established Camden Joy's reputation as "one of the country's most original music writers" (Ira Glass, NPR). To date, some... more » of his most favored works surfaced only as polemical tracts, or as ephemera pasted on the streets of New York City. Others existed only as rumors, beyond the reach of any reader. Each, until now, has been lost. Today, TNI Books proudly declares: They are found! While his prose style has earned comparisons to Frank O'Hara and Hunter S. Thompson, Camden Joy draws his reference from, and aims his discharge toward, music (targets include Camper van Beethoven, Liz Pair, Al Green, and Pavement). His works have long been recognized as bringing reprieve to the conflict between music created and music devoured - where the sonic art's fervor is utterly realized in its fans. Dennis Cooper says, "Camden Joy is sort of the Irvine Welsh of American rock, setting music to narrative with a knowingness and grace that elucidates what it means to be a rock star and/or fan more persuasively than any other contemporary novelist." Masterfully combining the ardor of Jorge Luis Borges with the impatience of Lester Bangs, Camden Joy has been hailed as "a renegade" (Voice Literary Supplement), "a genius" (Jerry Stahl), and "one of the best rock writers of our age" (Rolling Stone).« less