{"product_id":"woman-with-crows-april-asbury-9781646625642","title":"Woman with Crows","description":"\u003cp\u003eApril J. Asbury's debut poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eWoman with Crows, \u003c\/em\u003e explores the roles of women from childhood to adulthood. From \"Big-Kid Legends\" to \"The Obituary Phase of Life,\" Asbury weaves together the voices of myth, folklore, and family story. What emerges is a vibrant tapestry of family, love, and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrystal Wilkinson, author of \u003cem\u003eBirds of Opulence, \u003c\/em\u003esuggests the poems \"delve into mythologies old and new.\" Mina from \u003cem\u003eDracula \u003c\/em\u003emakes an appearance, as do the unnamed sister of Icarus and a certain sleepy, apple-eating princess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the poems explore traditional tasks, such as cleaning, canning, and caregiving, as Rita Quillen, author of \u003cem\u003eWayland\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSome Note You Hold. \u003c\/em\u003eThese are poems of \"the complex social contract,\" Quillen says, \"that women sign without knowing it.\" Keeping the family history, preserving the stories as efficiently as the summer's harvest, \u003cem\u003eWoman with Crows \u003c\/em\u003efeels the weight of the past while flying toward survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book \"engaged with deeper, more difficult beauties of the world,\" according to Diane Gilliam, author of \u003cem\u003eKettlebottom \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDreadful Wind \u0026amp; Rain.\u003c\/em\u003e \"These poems have a wingspan that gathers both light and dark, silence and voice, this side and the other.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom this side to the other, \u003cem\u003eWoman with Crows \u003c\/em\u003eprepares to make journey both familiar and strange . . . But always full of wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e April Asbury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646625641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646625642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finishing Line Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.08d","brand":"April Asbury","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990573744383,"sku":"9781646625642","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dac26a80-1834-4793-afd3-f1015c782a3b.jpg?v=1683305445","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/woman-with-crows-april-asbury-9781646625642","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}