{ "item_title" : "This Is the Lightness", "item_author" : [" Rachel Barton "], "item_description" : "The poems in This Is the Lightness 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.These are poems that offer a world of surprises and beauty with the gift of memorable language.-Doug Stone, author, Sitting in Powell's Watching Burnside Dissolve in RainThis Is the Lightness 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 Sufficient Emptiness ...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", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/95/628/517/1956285172_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "18.00", "online_price" : "18.00", "our_price" : "18.00", "club_price" : "18.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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