{"product_id":"this-is-the-lightness-rachel-barton-9781956285178","title":"This Is the Lightness","description":"The poems in\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e This Is the Lightness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e are fired with imagination and the fragility of the human experience. Rachel Barton has created a collection of poetry that takes the reader on a journey through the natural world; explores the concept of identity and belonging; honors our sacred connections with family and friends through aging, death, and loss; and tackles the present-day with all its perils and possibilities.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\"These are poems that offer a world of surprises and beauty with the gift of memorable language.\"-Doug Stone, author, \u003cem\u003eSitting in Powell's Watching Burnside Dissolve in Rain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThis Is the Lightness\u003c\/em\u003e welcomes the reader into its poem-world through intriguing and often surprising narrative, lush natural imagery, close attention to sound and flow, quirky humor-and most strikingly, a tonal tendency that's simultaneously serious and light-hearted.\"-Marjorie Power, author of\u003cem\u003e Sufficient Emptiness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\"...her attention to detail is disarming. She travels far, but always returns home, only to find something wild within herself.\"-Karah Kemmerly, co-founder of Conjunction Press\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Barton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1956285172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956285178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poetry Box\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Rachel Barton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080191996159,"sku":"9781956285178","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9ccb15f0-ef52-4b55-b602-6987caba2744.jpg?v=1685485426","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-is-the-lightness-rachel-barton-9781956285178","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}