{"product_id":"edges-of-wanting-judith-mary-gee-9781646623952","title":"Edges of Wanting","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo years at an assisted living facility (as the primary caregiver of her favorite relative, a celebrated character actor) kept Judith Mary Gee at a very high emotional pitch. Following his passing, she returned to her own residence bearing a grief bordering on breakdown. Finding solace in music, dance, and various other art forms, Gee gradually resumed practice of her own longtime craft, writing poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGee's work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eChautauqua\u003c\/em\u003e and is scheduled to appear in \u003cem\u003eThe New Guard, \u003c\/em\u003e as well as in the second volume of \u003cem\u003eGlobal Insides, \u003c\/em\u003e an anthology of work created during the current pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer poems depict unthinkable loss (of love, limb, life, lucidity) resulting from war, disease, or occupation in startling-sometimes fantastical-images.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Sarah Lawrence College graduate, Gee was a prot g  of literature professor Harold Wiener, whose tales of corresponding with John Galsworthy, dining with Greta Garbo and Rudolf Nureyev, and mentoring Lesley Gore were inspirational, amusing, and indelibly imprinted on her memory. Having studied poetry with Cynthia Macdonald (Gee was her teaching assistant), Jane Cooper, and Jean Valentine, she believes her writing skills assist in self-healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow sheltering in place, like many of you, Judith Mary Gee offers her \u003cem\u003eEdges of Wanting.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith Mary Gee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646623959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646623952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finishing Line Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.11d","brand":"Judith Mary Gee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944119468287,"sku":"9781646623952","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e40d18cd-684c-41a8-a341-d6fb013d95f0.jpg?v=1681501896","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/edges-of-wanting-judith-mary-gee-9781646623952","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}