{"product_id":"the-shatter-between-heartbeats-paperback-2","title":"The Shatter Between Heartbeats - 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\u003eE. T. Vale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Shatter Between Heartbeats is not a poetry collection. It is a psychological event. A descent into the raw architecture of the human mind, where trauma is not described but embodied-where anxiety tightens like a vice, depression seals every exit, and survival is carved line by line without anesthesia. Written by E.T. Vale and edited by Amir Kapoor, this groundbreaking anthology explores the lived experience of mental illness through twenty-four unflinching, interconnected poems. Each piece grips the reader like a synaptic misfire, looping and rupturing in form, mimicking the patterns of a brain caught in survival mode.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Ocean Vuong, Anne Carson, and Sylvia Plath, The Shatter Between Heartbeats breaks the boundaries of poetic language to reveal what it means to live inside a mind that won't shut off. This collection doesn't flinch-it bleeds while exploring the author's truth in a way only he could.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStructured like an anxiety attack and culminating in a poem composed entirely of the final lines of every piece before it, the book itself is recursive, hallucinatory, and unforgettable. It offers no comfort, no clean endings, no recovery arc-only truth, spoken aloud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing standout poems like \"The Choice That Was Never Mine,\" \"Hold On,\" \"Blood, Sand, and Bleach,\" and the devastating closer \"The Sum Continuum,\" the anthology walks the line between poetry and psychosis, making it a must-read for survivors, seekers, and anyone who has ever felt undone by their own thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you're searching for powerful mental health poetry, exploring themes of trauma, PTSD, depression, addiction, or simply craving a book that dares to feel, The Shatter Between Heartbeats is a literary landmark. It doesn't ask to be understood-it demands to be felt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is poetry for those who don't want a silver lining. This is for the ones who lived through the storm-and kept going.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrigger warning: Contains themes of suicide, war, mental illness, and trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354060931321,"sku":"9781961763982","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bflqTT30u89781961763982_793ae2d5-c06d-40c3-b691-a07186360353.webp?v=1769829069","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-shatter-between-heartbeats-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}