{"product_id":"ordinary-psalms-paperback","title":"Ordinary Psalms - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia B. Levine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAva Leavell Haymon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStruggling to accept her impending blindness, the speaker in Julia B. Levine's fifth collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Psalms, \u003c\/i\u003e asks everyday life to help her learn how to see beyond appearances into fundamental truths. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she contemplates the loss of one friend to cancer and another to suicide, along with her own visual impairment, Levine holds the world \"close as I needed \/ to see.\" Imagistic, lyrical, and at times imploring divine intervention from a god she does not know or trust, these poems curse and praise the extraordinary place we live in and are in danger of losing. Lamenting that \"this world is a mortal affliction \/ with wounds in the beautiful,\" \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Psalms\u003c\/i\u003e provides a seductive and lyric rumination on radiance, loss, and grief.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia B. Levine \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of four previous poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eSmall Disasters Seen in Sunlight, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Northern California Book Award for Poetry. She is also a recipient of the Discovery\/\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e Award and the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry from \u003ci\u003eNimrod.\u003c\/i\u003e Her work has been widely published in journals such as \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives and works in Davis, Californ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692716757055,"sku":"9780807174746","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/36be331a05925c60fc1a35cc0128446a.webp?v=1764996366","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ordinary-psalms-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}