{"product_id":"one-good-thing-by-claire-taylor","title":"One Good Thing, by Claire Taylor","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, prose poetry, chapbook, 20 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne good thing is turning your anti-anxiety practice into a poetry collection. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith this series of thirteen prose poems, all but one of which share the same title and opening line, \u003cem\u003eOne Good Thing\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers to witness the unspooling of Claire Taylor’s mind. Born from a pandemic practice in which the author managed her anxiety by taking long walks through her neighborhood and focusing her attention on one good thing she could see, remember, or imagine, \u003cem\u003eOne Good Thing\u003c\/em\u003e is a carefully crafted stream of consciousness. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA blend of memory and dream, this collection embraces the reality that happiness must coexist with suffering. A pandemic reflection that is not about the pandemic, \u003cem\u003eOne Good Thing\u003c\/em\u003e encourages the reader to let it all in: joy and heartache, grief and pleasure, a life that cannot be distilled into a solitary experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClaire Taylor is a writer in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the author of a children’s literature collection, \u003cem\u003eLittle Thoughts\u003c\/em\u003e, two micro-chapbooks: \u003cem\u003eA History of Rats\u003c\/em\u003e (Ghost City Press) and \u003cem\u003eAs Long as We Got Each Other\u003c\/em\u003e (ELJ Editions), and a self-published chapbook, \u003cem\u003eMother Nature\u003c\/em\u003e. Claire’s debut picture book, \u003cem\u003eBenjamin’s Sad Day\u003c\/em\u003e, is forthcoming from Golden Fleece Press. She is the founding editor of \u003cem\u003eLittle Thoughts Press\u003c\/em\u003e, a print magazine of writing for and by kids. You can find Claire at clairemtaylor.com.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottlecap Press","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47543248257202,"sku":"ONEGCT","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47543248289970,"sku":"ONEGCTe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/onefront.png?v=1780354460","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/one-good-thing-by-claire-taylor","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}