{"product_id":"ordinary-psalms-julia-b-levine-9780807174746","title":"Ordinary Psalms","description":"\u003cp\u003eStruggling to accept her impending blindness, the speaker in Julia B. Levine's fifth collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Psalms, \u003c\/i\u003e asks everyday life to help her learn how to see beyond appearances into fundamental truths. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she contemplates the loss of one friend to cancer and another to suicide, along with her own visual impairment, Levine holds the world \"close as I needed \/ to see.\" Imagistic, lyrical, and at times imploring divine intervention from a god she does not know or trust, these poems curse and praise the extraordinary place we live in and are in danger of losing. Lamenting that \"this world is a mortal affliction \/ with wounds in the beautiful,\" \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Psalms\u003c\/i\u003e provides a seductive and lyric rumination on radiance, loss, and grief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia B. Levine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807174742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807174746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.24d","brand":"Julia B. Levine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994567540991,"sku":"9780807174746","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f3662a0-0675-464f-813f-6c71e6996260.jpg?v=1683330923","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ordinary-psalms-julia-b-levine-9780807174746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}