{"product_id":"low-waters-edge-jean-a-kingsley-9781733534536","title":"Low-water's Edge","description":"\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE CHARLOTTE MEW PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe speakers in this chapbook honor our clumsy, loving, mysterious relationship to the natural world-to fox, horse, and spider. A deceased mother returns to her daughter, in a dream, to say, \"stop\/ wasting time.\" As if in response, one narrator declares that she sleeps \"in a cramped bedroom\/ with my lover and two dogs.\" Violence and loss prompt thoughtful lyrics on navigating grief.\u003cbr\u003e-Robin Becker, judge of the Charlotte Mew Prize and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Bear Inside Me\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Jean A. Kingsley's moving collection \u003ci\u003eLow-water's Edge, \u003c\/i\u003e nature itself comes to a full stop to listen to a world in the throes of constant change. Be it personal or global, here are the bruises and scars that accumulate on body and soul over a lifetime spent negotiating the daily vicissitudes of danger and beauty, love and loss. From the vast patchwork of a night sky to \"dark birds that cannot fly\" and the almost stifling intimacy of a backyard that whispers \"tend to me, tend to me\" these poems invite the reader into the endless dance of life and death where \"Somewhere brown cows bow to no one\/while a mourner idly adjusts her veil.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Tina Schumann, author of \u003ci\u003ePraising the Paradox, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRequiem, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Patrimony of Fugues\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLow-water's Edge\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating amalgam of disparate ideas that forms a complete universe of the author's travails and hard-won truths. Honest and raw, Kingsley's poems weave together nature and nurture into a world where grief and happiness stand side-by-side. \u003cbr\u003e -Kate Carroll de Gutes, author of \u003ci\u003eObjects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean a. Kingsley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1733534539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733534536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Headmistress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.09d","brand":"Jean a. Kingsley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47427618504959,"sku":"9781733534536","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b58ae092-77b1-4d62-93a9-4a74ee5ff66e.jpg?v=1761580508","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/low-waters-edge-jean-a-kingsley-9781733534536","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}