{"product_id":"little-altars-paperback","title":"Little Altars - 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\u003eBonnie Wehle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these well-crafted poems about memory, loss, and rediscovery, Bonnie Wehle explores the tension between the desire to hide oneself and the need to understand why we are who we are. It's not an easy journey, filled as it is with regrets and family secrets: it's a struggle, using \"field glasses slung as weaponry.\" In language as evocative as the memories, with imagery and structure creating layers of discovery and delight, she carries us with her as she pieces the self together to arrive at a place of balance and wholeness, though perhaps an uneasy one, and ultimate recognition of the need to give voice to this journey-\"O, silence in need of sound.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharity Everitt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslation from the Ordinary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Bonnie Wehle's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Altars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, we stop at her shrines and explore her \"truth buried in a metaphor.\" Wehle lyrically crafts stories of a family with \"mouthfuls of moist peach flesh, \/ conveniently quashing speech,\" a mother \"choosing sadness over joy,\" a father intent on teaching his daughter to clean a squirming fish, and we encounter the poet, a young woman \"trying to rudder to safety.\" Within this tapestry of stories, \"Memories endure \/ no matter how \/ far you try \/ to push \/ them away,\" and lucky for the reader of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Altars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, Wehle has created a collection of poetry to hold these incisive memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanet McMillan Rives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThread: A Memoir in Woven Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Horsebarn Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thick impasto of bold colors,\" could describe Bonnie Wehle's new collection, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Altars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. But the pigments are not laid on so thickly that they obscure the canvas. Yes, there are secrets here, but you must read between the lines. Of course, as the poet reminds us, \"there are perils in revealing ourselves to others.\" She tells us that each poem is a shrine on which she gathers what survives- \"forgotten fragments buried deep...from the wall of an old mine.\" Like the memory of that little girl \"carving words\" into the family table \"with a groundhog's tooth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eGene Twaronite\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, poet and author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath at the Mall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Museum of Unwearable Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.12 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290463187193,"sku":"9781639806768","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eUaUiHqAWS9781639806768.webp?v=1776283761","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/little-altars-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}