{"product_id":"intimacy-obstacles-and-miracles-jane-simon-9798901466025","title":"Intimacy, Obstacles, and Miracles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Let me live content in the vicinity \/ of my undiscovered novelty,\" Jane Simon sagely writes in her splendid debut collection, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntimacy, Obstacles, and Miracles.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eShe illuminates the profound paradoxes she observes with events as ordinary as getting a haircut or glimpsing a well-trained dog. Simon is a deft portraitist, using her piquant observations and quick lines to investigate a wide circle of characters. The reflections in her poems are at once majestic, experienced, yet humble. This fascinating combination of qualities makes sense when one discovers that the poet-psychiatrist was once a forensic physician - a poet at home in a medical examiner's lab, yet who made the leap to become a physician of the mind. As a result, the poems in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntimacy, Obstacles, and Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e make a sparkling testament to staying curious about every aspect of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolly Peacock\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Analyst: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Widow's Crayon Box\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy Poetry?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow the irrationality of reality weaves itself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003einto a mysterious fabric, never woven before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are an artist, a maker!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow often do you become the center, the creator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat elucidates the miracle of each moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are the iridescent hummingbird in flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome join me to fly in fragrant air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo soar high means each of us could first\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esave oneself and then, the whole world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Simon has ascended the ladder from pathology to psychiatry to poetry. She is the author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho's Ever Enough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Toolbox of Blogs: Integrating Psyche and Society, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e as well as two illustrated books, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cabala of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Toolbox of Paradox.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Her poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eArizona Quarterly, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Buzzard Review, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eColumbia Poetry Review, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe RavensPerch, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. An alumna of Barnard College and Temple University School of Medicine, she lives and practices psychiatry in Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Simon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798901466025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Jane Simon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437669855487,"sku":"9798901466025","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7998974-caee-4f39-b522-170892bbf68e.jpg?v=1777163298","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/intimacy-obstacles-and-miracles-jane-simon-9798901466025","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}