{"product_id":"unsong-jess-cee-9798728443681","title":"UnSong: Illustrated Poetry","description":"Remember the first book you read with no pictures in it? This is not that. Author Michelle Garren Flye has penned poems about being a woman and lovingly illustrated each one. Divided into three sections (Dream, Fear and Hope) with the semi-epic poem \"The Death of a Thousand Cuts\" providing a bridge from Dream to Fear, Flye's collection addresses what it is like to be a woman in today's world. Flye invites you to come on a journey of self-discovery and remember what it was like to read a book with pictures.PRAISE FOR UNSONGUnSong by Michelle Garren Flye is a wicked-smart mash up of verse and graphic art. Early in the book, an elegy to Ruth Bader Ginsberg is paired with a portrait of a woman in a black dress, seen from behind, her arms raised as if to enthrall an unseen crowd. Later, a brilliant untitled haiku takes as its subject our \"Covid Days.\" My favorite work in the book is a piece called River Bones: \"... water rolls back to caress and cover the river's bones with the touch of a lover ...\" Illustrated poetry books are hard to get right. UnSong nails it, the book rising above any limitations of the format. Buy this book! -Dennis Mahagin, author of Grand Mal, and Longshot \u0026amp; GhazalIn UnSong, Michelle Garren Flye's poems invite the reader to take a pause from the busyness and stress of modern life. In \"River Bones,\" \"time comes to a halt\" after the wind uncovers \"forgotten memories, a bucket, a plate, \/ a fishhook left on the line too late.\" While in \"Everything Grows,\" Flye invokes Shakespeare's famous line from Sonnet #15: \"When I consider everything that grows \/ holds in perfection but a little moment,\" in order to express how hard it is to make time stand still: \"Everything grows, everything rushes into the night.\" Other poems reveal Flye's sharp sense of humor (\"What Good is a Girl?\") and wonder of the natural world such as in \"I'm a December Tree\" and \"Now That I Am in Mid-Fall.\" ... As an added treat, Flye's poems are paired with her own illustrations. Savor this collection written by a romantic, and experience the wonder of reading joyful and optimistic poems-a true balm in these troubled times.-Alice Osborn, author of Heroes without CapesUnsong is a bit like a buffet with nuggets of wisdom you can choose to embrace until it fills your soul. Wonderful nibbles of hope that you will return to when you need a dash of light to repel the darkness.-Sam Love, author of Awakening: Musings on Planetary SurvivalUnSong is a beautiful compilation with an amazing amount of breadth and variety. Ms. Flye is literally a song writer! I particularly enjoyed the themes of \"staying\" and \"taking flight\". -Tracie Barton-Barrett, author of Buried Deep in Our Hearts and Finding Her SpiritMs. Flye's personality shines brightly through both her poetry and her illustrations. A lovely and relevant book to behold!-Leslie Tall Manning, award-winning author of Knock on Wood and Upside Down in a Laura Ingalls TownMichelle Garren Flye's poetry, art, and photography excite my senses and touch my heart. Oh, what a talent!-Padgett Gerler, author of Invisible Girl and The Gifts of Pelican Isle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jess Cee,Michelle Garren Flye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798728443681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.13d","brand":"Jess Cee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851990282495,"sku":"9798728443681","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unsong-jess-cee-9798728443681","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}