{"product_id":"miles-between-who-i-was-c-c-clevenger-9798231151998","title":"Miles Between Who I Was and Who I Am","description":"\u003cp\u003eMiles Between Who I Was and Who I Am is a poetry collection forged over fifteen years of movement, music, loss, doubt, and survival. Written across highways, backstage rooms, late-night diners, quiet bedrooms, and long stretches of internal reckoning, these poems document a life lived honestly-even when honesty was painful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book moves through love and its absence, rage and restraint, depression and endurance, disability and dignity, faith lost and ethics rebuilt, the intoxicating rush of the stage and the hollow silence that follows applause. It explores the tension between who we were, who we thought we'd become, and who we are forced to be when comfort disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not inspirational poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt does not offer easy answers or polished redemption arcs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, it offers presence-raw, reflective, and unfiltered. It is about choosing not to become your worst thoughts. About staying when leaving would be easier. About finding meaning not in certainty, but in continued motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems are records, not performances. They are written for anyone who has ever felt alone in their struggle, unsure of their direction, or tired of carrying weight without a name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are still reading, you are still here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd that matters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. C. Clevenger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798231151998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e C.C. Clevenger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.23d","brand":"C. C. Clevenger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48014439284991,"sku":"9798231151998","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7c5a309-4b09-457f-a741-c33ea7259849.jpg?v=1767748359","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/miles-between-who-i-was-c-c-clevenger-9798231151998","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}