{"product_id":"written-into-the-curve-of-laurel-benjamin-9781971191126","title":"Written into the Curve of the Sea's Open Throat","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems of \u003cem\u003eWritten into the Curve of the Sea's Open Throat \u003c\/em\u003ecarry readers into Jewish heritage and forward into diaspora. In addition, the push against biological imperative as a woman causes us to consider ways in which all women disappear. This collection ranges from stories of donkeys and goats, to the ghost of a grandmother in the guise of a deer, to the broken glass inside a camera. The poems are filled with magical thinking brought on by necessity, and ultimately ask the question: How do we live a life while others-our family, our people-are suffering? In the end, it is \u003cem\u003emishpatim\u003c\/em\u003e, learning to compromise in an argument that serves as a way to reconstruct guilt and mistakes, re-see the unseen, and survive-even if that survival is a journey into the speaker's imagination, into the sea's open throat. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurel Benjamin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1971191124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781971191126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shanti Arts LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Laurel Benjamin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097300607231,"sku":"9781971191126","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/written-into-the-curve-of-laurel-benjamin-9781971191126","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}