{"product_id":"as-if-a-song-could-save-you-paperback","title":"As If a Song Could Save You - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBetsy Sholl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlue sky, yellow flowers, cool jazz, and Renaissance poetry all inhabit Betsy Sholl's latest collection of poetry. Grounded in the everyday but never mundane, these poems remind readers of the wonders that surround us. From a child's drawing tattooed onto the arm of a mechanic to bats under the Congress Avenue bridge in Austin, Sholl points to the richness of life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the volume carefully and slowly immerses us in the poet's world, we gradually begin to understand that this is our journey of exploration as much as hers. Where does one find joy in the face of loss? Why does music exist in a world of grief? How long does it take love to overwhelm pain? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through these powerful poems we learn to see past the unreliability of memory and into the depth of the present. \u003cbr\u003e The child makes you a blue inch at the top of the page, and it's still hard for grown-ups to think you comeall the way down to the space between grass blades--Excerpt from \"Dear Sky\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetsy Sholl is the author of nine previous poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eHouse of Sparrows: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOtherwise Unseeable\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Rough Cradle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLate Psalm\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Don't Explain\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Red Line\u003c\/i\u003e. A former poet laureate of Maine, she teaches at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.9 x 6.77 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461511495858,"sku":"9780299340742","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2c37b76b9b381d5830a9521f117cb6dd.webp?v=1778951582","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/as-if-a-song-could-save-you-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}