{"product_id":"the-worried-well-anthony-immergluck-9781637681039","title":"The Worried Well","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Worried Well\u003c\/i\u003e, selected by Eduardo C. Corral as the\u003cbr\u003ewinner of the 2024 Autumn House Rising Writer Prize, is a tragicomic collection\u003cbr\u003ethat explores the intersection of anxiety and safety in a chaotic world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Immergluck balances the thin lines between healing and ailing, between humor\u003cbr\u003eand tragedy throughout this exceptional debut poetry collection. Reveling at\u003cbr\u003eprecipices of imminent disaster while grieving at thresholds of relief, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eWorried Well\u003c\/i\u003e asks, how do we live loving and full lives while being confronted\u003cbr\u003ewith our mortality? How does language carry us between liminal spaces? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003e\"worried well\" is a term often used pejoratively by medical professionals to\u003cbr\u003edescribe a group of patients who may be lacking visible symptoms but opt for\u003cbr\u003etesting and preventative interventions, who seek treatments for ailments that\u003cbr\u003edon't manifest readily in medical diagnostics. Immergluck unpacks the term by\u003cbr\u003ewriting in the spaces where worry and wellness meet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespite the profound\u003cbr\u003esubjects explored, the collection carries us with a keen sense of humor, \u003cbr\u003egrounds us in the everyday, and rises to meet us with unexpected\u003cbr\u003eruptures or sutures of language on each page. Summoning the restless dybbuk of\u003cbr\u003eJewish mythology as well as David and Goliath, navigating hospital rooms, and\u003cbr\u003esurviving economic precarity, Immergluck creates a voice that is utterly new\u003cbr\u003eand needed in the literary landscape, a voice that reflects, \"I don't \/ know\u003cbr\u003ewhy I told a worry \/ child not to worry when \/ surely the trick is to give \/\u003cbr\u003ethe worry a name and then \/ to call it again and again.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Immergluck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1637681038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637681039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Autumn House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Anthony Immergluck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250805952767,"sku":"9781637681039","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eab30c2f-b580-4f6e-8aa5-79810bda1c0b.jpg?v=1729601438","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-worried-well-anthony-immergluck-9781637681039","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}