{"product_id":"at-the-redemption-center-anne-sandor-9781639808175","title":"At the Redemption Center","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnne Sandor's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt The Redemption Center\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e invites us into the quiet reckonings of everyday life-where grace waits in grocery aisles, salvation hides in sidewalks, and memory redeems even our most fractured selves. Sandor reminds us that poetry is not just a mirror, but a lantern: illuminating the overlooked, the discarded, the sacred. These poems shimmer with hard-earned beauty and a truth that lingers like the light just before dusk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Blanco\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, 2013 Presidential Inaugural Poet, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHomeland of My Body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Carlos Williams said, \"If it ain't a pleasure it ain't a poem.\" There are 34 pleasures to savor in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt the Redemption Center\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eby Anne Sandor, beginning with this one: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Redemption Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the redemption center\u003cbr\u003eyou bring the empty vessels, \u003cbr\u003ethe washed, the unwashed, \u003cbr\u003eand sort them by kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough all yield the same return, \u003cbr\u003ethe clean and the foul, \u003cbr\u003eeach rendered by what can be\u003cbr\u003eburned or saved, purified or extracted, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou hope with each offering\u003cbr\u003efor the redemption of us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead this funny, serious, wise and wonderful book slowly, one pleasure at a time, while looking forward to the next collection of poetical pleasures by Ms. Sandor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.R. Solonche\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Sandor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639808175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639808175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Anne Sandor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437629485311,"sku":"9781639808175","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2051e2e-dd17-49e2-9f0d-4f5b74bff130.jpg?v=1777163016","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-the-redemption-center-anne-sandor-9781639808175","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}