{"product_id":"blue-like-apples-paperback","title":"Blue Like Apples - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRasma Haidri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue Like Apples \u003c\/em\u003eis a narrative collection of poems that tells a story of coming-out, through love for another woman. It is a coming of age in mid-life, after having never really discovered herself before during her long heterosexual marriage. It's the story of a marriage of minds and bodies that began in 2003 on the eve of the US invasion of Iraq, in a city in the Norwegian Arctic where they are both foreigners. The story doesn't end...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRasma Haidri is a South Asian\/Norwegian-American author of the poetry collection \u003cem\u003eAs If Anything Can Happen\u003c\/em\u003e (Kelsay Books) and three ESL textbooks. She grew up in East Tennessee, spent formative years in Detroit, Miami, and Manhattan, studied in Wisconsin and France, and lived in Hawaii before moving permanently to Norway in 2001. She holds an MFA in creative non-fiction and poetry from the University of British Columbia, an M.Sc. in reading education from the University of Wisconsin, and certification as an Amherst Writers and Artists Association writing instructor. She is currently the regional coordinator for the Norwegian Non-fiction Writers and Translators Association and serves on the fiction editorial board of PRISM International. Her poems and essays have been anthologized in the UK, USA, Canada, Norway, India, Israel, UAE, Pakistan, and Hong Kong, and appeared in literary magazines including \u003cem\u003ePrairie Schooner, River Teeth, Sycamore Review, Fourth Genre, I-70 Review, Muzzle Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUnder the Radar\u003c\/em\u003e. Recognitions for her writing include the Southern Women Writers Association creative non-fiction award, the Wisconsin Academy of Arts, Letters \u0026amp; Science poetry award, and a Best of the Net nomination from NewVerseNews. \u003cem\u003eBlue Like Apples \u003c\/em\u003eplaced second in the BrickHouse Books' WIcked Woman Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352342479097,"sku":"9781608642762","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/mmkUXU4jRR9781608642762.webp?v=1769806008","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/blue-like-apples-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}