{"product_id":"the-church-of-the-love-grace-wells-9781910251973","title":"The Church of the Love of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThings being so urgent, when you\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e open a book its leaves should take you \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eback to the forest they came from ... \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e('Vestige') \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo opens the first poem in Grace Wells' \u003cem\u003eThe Church of the Love of the World, \u003c\/em\u003ea book that begs us to \"only connect\" as it explores our individual roles - and the role of poetry itself - in these troubling times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once sure-footed and curious, optimistic and on the brink of despair, as well as stand-out lyric moments, the book features a number of longer poems and sequences, among them the extraordinary 'She Gathers the Wild Grasses' which explores our very real dependence on grasses, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the evolution of society itself made possible by their contribution. As elsewhere, memory, myth, anecdote and hands-on experience are all woven together to produce, among other things,\"my own dough - \/\/ something forever illiterate \/ and welcome \/ in signing each crust with my mark\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Church of the Love of the World \u003c\/em\u003eis a powerful and passionate new book, confirming the promise of Wells' previous collection, \u003cem\u003eFur, \u003c\/em\u003edescribed in \u003cem\u003ePoetry Ireland Review \u003c\/em\u003eas work \"that enlarges the possibilities of poetry\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grace Wells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910251976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910251973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dedalus Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d","brand":"Grace Wells","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054392701183,"sku":"9781910251973","price":23.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0a34f90-976a-4b2a-bc45-dc87bb5e60a8.jpg?v=1685029704","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-church-of-the-love-grace-wells-9781910251973","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}