{"product_id":"reaching-for-the-sun-by-chantal-house","title":"Reaching For The Sun, by Chantal House","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 40 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eReaching For The Sun\u003c\/em\u003e imagines a world where every one of us is a poet. Where poems are part of our daily cycle— play date conversations, an anecdote from our parents, a sentence we reread twice. Every poem in this collection was conceived this way, tapping into Notes along a day.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy sharing the everyday inspiration behind each poem, this chapbook hopes to show that poetry is one of the most dynamic, joyful mediums within which to create. So why not play?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExploring themes of \u003cem\u003eotherness\u003c\/em\u003e through the lens of race, gender and age, \u003cem\u003eReaching For The Sun\u003c\/em\u003e is for those of us who don’t always get seen and whose stories don’t always get told.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMay we each take time to celebrate the rising and setting of our days and our chapters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChantal writes poetry from her perspective as a woman of color, a woman with four decades of experience and a woman who has brought life to this world. Her hope is that these perspectives, often omitted from formally documented history, find a home in the reader’s heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe is a brand consultant who lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two young children. She holds a BA (Hons) History degree from Cambridge University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe would love to hear from you at instagram.com\/bear_hunt_poetry\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottlecap Press","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47543234986162,"sku":"REACCH","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47543235018930,"sku":"REACCHe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/reachingfront.png?v=1780354318","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/reaching-for-the-sun-by-chantal-house","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}