{"product_id":"ground-state-paperback","title":"Ground State - 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\u003eMerrill Gray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerrill Elizabeth Gray's Ground State is a poetry collection from snapshots of her life. Merrill shares a sometimes dark but also humorous look at the stages of her life as a young woman and mother traipsing through marriage, divorce, grief, and loss. Gray's memory poems reflect on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea sometimes-\u003cem\u003edissimilar memory\u003c\/em\u003e, reveal \u003cem\u003ean unfamiliar sacrament\u003c\/em\u003e and share a glimpse of how she endured \u003cem\u003ethis strangling life\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerrill Elizabeth Gray's writing has appeared in Madville Publishing: The Runaway Anthology, Fleas on the Dog Journal, Grain the Journal of Eclectic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting, Temenos Press, Silver Birch Press, Birds we pile loosely, S\/Tick, Blue Skies Poetry, Crazy Pineapple Press, Fieldstone Review, Four Ties Lit Review, Spring vol viii, Misfitmagazine, Sugar Mule Literary Magazine, and Joy, Interrupted an anthology on motherhood and loss. Merrill has been a teacher for over 30 years. She is a mother to three children and four grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47226238238969,"sku":"9781738962204","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/2Hic_afwL_9781738962204.webp?v=1768257470","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ground-state-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}