{"product_id":"when-i-was-a-king-john-krumberger-9781594981593","title":"When I Was a King","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen I Was a King\u003c\/em\u003e is dedicated to the author's wife who died in the late summer of 2019 of an undiagnosed cancer. Many of the poems deal with her unexpected death and its aftermath during a period in American life when dishonesty and brutality seemed to prevail, thus threatening such values as compassion and love of beauty that make poetry possible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile loss is the primary tone throughout this book-the loss of his beloved as well as the loss of the industrial Midwest which the author grew up in and now no longer exists-this is also a book about hope. The poems take readers through the worst darkness that life can give a person, finding a bright light shining on the other side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Krumberger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1594981590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594981593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernwood Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.24d","brand":"John Krumberger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46927871279359,"sku":"9781594981593","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ddf32a8-8f84-423f-8eca-e499f9723b6b.jpg?v=1749373227","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-i-was-a-king-john-krumberger-9781594981593","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}