{"product_id":"the-nearness-of-light-ron-starbuck-9781955194549","title":"The Nearness of Light: Sandburg and Monroe An Intimate Conversation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE NEARNESS OF LIGHT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if one brief meeting had been allowed to deepen?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this imagined encounter between Carl Sandburg and Marilyn Monroe, a playwright and poet moves beyond the historical record into a space of quiet possibility-where the brightness of public life gives way to something more searching, more exact: clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the softening light of late afternoon, \u003cem\u003eThe Nearness of Light\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds as a conversation about identity, perception, and the distance between who we are and how we are seen. As the dialogue deepens, the familiar image begins to loosen. Monroe emerges not as an icon, but as a mind-attentive, questioning, and inwardly alive. Sandburg listens without intrusion, making space for what might finally be said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat takes shape is not a reconstruction, but a quiet restoration: a movement from surface to interior, from performance to presence, from visibility to truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpare, lyrical, and contemplative, this is a work that invites the reader not simply to observe, but to enter the stillness where something real may be spoken-and, perhaps, truly heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron Starbuck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1955194548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955194549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Saint Julian Press, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Ron Starbuck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001714123007,"sku":"9781955194549","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nearness-of-light-ron-starbuck-9781955194549","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}