{"product_id":"ordinary-psalms-paperback","title":"Ordinary Psalms - 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\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351389683961,"sku":"9780807174746","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NU1uTllDOGExZXdxb2NVRVRvRFJMZz09.webp?v=1769800198","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ordinary-psalms-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}