{"product_id":"as-blood-is-the-fruit-john-bradley-9781962847186","title":"As Blood is the Fruit of the Heart: A Book of Spells","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is a spell?In \u003cem\u003eAs Blood Is the Fruit of the Heart: A Book of Spells, \u003c\/em\u003e this question conjures many answers. Ultimately it's this: A spell is that most ancient tool of poets and storytellers using crafted language powered by breath and clear focus, sent forth as a messenger into the cosmos. As Mary Ruefle has said, \"The origins of poetry are clearly rooted in obscurity, in secretiveness, in incantation, in spells that must at once invoke and protect, tell the secret and keep it.\" Some of the poems in this book foretell, some protect; some condemn, some praise.Always they spring from this central belief: there is no power like the power of the word. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBradley's spells amuse and admonish us in quirky and surprising ways. His long lines wind thru strange spaces and take us along for the ride. Some spells are dark and some quite funny, taken all together they are a view into the surreal world of incantation, long the province of poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Bradley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1962847187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781962847186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e DOS Madres Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"John Bradley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46907041677567,"sku":"9781962847186","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b48ca4a0-a0b5-4e97-b0c1-4ab756d2362e.jpg?v=1748772139","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/as-blood-is-the-fruit-john-bradley-9781962847186","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}