{"product_id":"starfall-in-the-temple-prartho-sereno-9781421835471","title":"Starfall in the Temple","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrartho Sereno\u003c\/strong\u003e has made her home in a bamboo hut in India, a 150-year-old farmhouse in Maine, a spiritual community in Oregon, an uptown apartment in Southern California, and for the past 23 years, a funky upstairs duplex north of the Golden Gate Bridge, which she shares with her boat-rowing sweetheart. Along with painting \u0026amp; poetry Prartho has dabbled in such art forms as taxi driver, family therapist, Phys Ed instructor at Cornell University, housecleaner, single parent, head cook, amateur singer\/song-writer, illustrator, and palm-reading psychic in various Catskill resorts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of the award-winning collections \u003cem\u003eIndian Rope Trick, Elephant Raga, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCall from Paris, \u003c\/em\u003e and author\/illustrator of the IPPY-winning gift book, \u003cem\u003eCausing a Stir: The Secret Lives and Loves of Kitchen Utensils\u003c\/em\u003e, Prartho's other published works include a poetry chapbook, \u003cem\u003eGarden Sutra\u003c\/em\u003e, a song\/music\/poetry CD, \u003cem\u003eSalt\u003c\/em\u003e, and a book of essays, \u003cem\u003eEveryday Miracles: An A to Z Guide to the Simple Wonders of Life\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet Laureate Emerita of Marin County, California (2015-17), Prartho was awarded a 2005 Radio Disney Super Teacher award for her 22 years work as a Poet in the Schools, the Marin Poetry Center's inaugural Rilke Award (2023) \u003cem\u003efor nurturing the poets, \u003c\/em\u003e a Marin Arts Council Individual Artist Grant in Poetry (2003), and an MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University (2013). She is founder of the ongoing poetry writing series: \u003cem\u003eThe Poetic Pilgrimage: Poem-Making as Spiritual Practice\u003c\/em\u003e, now online. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most dependable remark on Prartho's early report cards was \"Easily distracted and distracts others.\"-a comment she has done her best to live up to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Prartho Sereno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421835479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421835471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue Light Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Prartho Sereno","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44245025128703,"sku":"9781421835471","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3915e979-c7e4-4abe-92c9-c63c435ba18e.jpg?v=1693925692","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/starfall-in-the-temple-prartho-sereno-9781421835471","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}