{"product_id":"dear-silence-esther-sadoff-9781639806195","title":"Dear Silence","description":"Each poem is a delicate thread woven into a tapestry of human experience. With grace and vulnerability, Esther manages to capture moments in her relationships with people and places that share a thread with all of us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlivia Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, MFA, founder \u0026amp; Editor-in-Chief of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHare's Paw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eliterary journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy favorite kind of poetry is the kind that asks questions, but never gives into the demand for a clear or concise answer. Why say \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ein my dream I was already gone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand then tell us where you can be found? Be gone. Be whole in the mystery of what is gone and could or could never return. What \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Silence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e does is frame and re-frame those small and persistent questions that always end up defining us. What Sadoff does in that re-framing is pull us closer and closer until we realize that she's had us by the scruff the whole time. All we can do is allow curiosity and repetition and beauty to take us into unexpected places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarren C. Demaree\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ein defense of the goat that continues to wander towards the certain doom of the cliff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poems in this collection wisely recognize the world as a series of classrooms wherein we taste the salt of our wounds and do our best to listen and grow. Reading this collection-bolstered by Sadoff's crisp, heartfelt lyricism and energetic play with form-allows us to revisit the lovely, terrifying maelstrom that is education in all its forms, armored this time by the tough lessons we've learned along the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMichael Meyerhofer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat To Do If You're Buried Alive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Esther Sadoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639806199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639806195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.11d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Esther Sadoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49164788596991,"sku":"9781639806195","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dear-silence-esther-sadoff-9781639806195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}