{"product_id":"house-of-mourning-paperback","title":"House of Mourning - 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\u003eBenjamin Shalva\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Shalva's gentle, intelligent voice, from the very beginning of this marvelous collection, invokes an unmitigated light within the darkness of mourning and sadness. In grief, we come to know the clasping and unclasping of the heart: the sitting low to the ground and the closing of doors that precede a coming forth again and the opening of apertures. His poems, controlled, clear, are inspired by his work as a rabbi and by such poets of melancholy as Jane Kenyon, and all the while, in the backdrop, there is what the vicissitudes of history teach us about human pain. I admire this debut deeply, which, like the burning bush in his wonderful poem by that title, reanimate and freshen each time I return to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Keplinger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese \"tiny psalms of shameless sound\" are miniature masterpieces of disciplined language and original imagery. Don't let the title prepare you for a book of lamentations; besides reflections on life and death, the book includes snapshots of social life, love, parenthood, and nature, many in the form of short, sometimes haiku-like verse. There's humor here, too - even a love poem to a jar of peanut butter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaymond P. Scheindlin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eVulture in a Cage: Poems by Solomon Ibn Gabirol\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWine, Women, and Death: Medieval Hebrew Poems on the Good Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Shalva's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouse of Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a loving book. Which is to say it is a book of bewilderment, and grief, and wonder. Shalva has looked long and hard at things most of us only glance at, if we look at all, but - in these poems, at least - he has not allowed himself to be overwhelmed by what he has seen. And so, because Shalva has not spared himself while looking, he has written honest poems, and we, his readers, have been given a gift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eShane McCrae\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew and Collected Hell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 74\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290418852089,"sku":"9781639808328","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/zHOueM-2db9781639808328.webp?v=1776283528","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/house-of-mourning-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}