{"product_id":"proud-roads-poems-by-kelly-riedesel-paperback","title":"Proud Roads: Poems by Kelly Riedesel - 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\u003eKelly Riedesel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Mack\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Hurricane Helene tore through Southern Appalachia, it left behind more than toppled trees and broken bridges-it rewrote the map of what it means to belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Proud Roads, Kelly Riedesel chronicles the storm's long wake: the hundred-year-old elders uprooted overnight, the X marks of rescue teams still on front doors, the way \"every gust of wind, every snapping branch\" startles the body long after the rain stops. Moving through prose-poems, lyric fragments, and echoes of Indigenous storytelling, Riedesel holds space for the uncounted losses-dignity buried in makeshift shelters, roads \"rendered flesh at the bottom of chasms\"-while also charting the routes back to each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, survival is not just a matter of endurance, but of care: the neighbor with a chainsaw clearing your way out, the mules carrying supplies over washed-out hollers, the children \"watching what care looks like\" in real time. Even in the face of climate trauma, Proud Roads insists on the roads-both physical and spiritual-that hold a community together: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"We are flooding back love, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estanding up when we can, without comment, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esitting down when we must, without guilt, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edoing the things that keep us proud.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the first anniversary of the storm, these poems serve as an artifact and an offering-proof that the proud roads of this place are still here, still carrying those who walk them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 70\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47343317221625,"sku":"9798990073081","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Tid1Oq9Lci9798990073081.webp?v=1769719267","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/proud-roads-poems-by-kelly-riedesel-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}