{"product_id":"view-from-the-other-side-paperback","title":"View from the Other Side - 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\u003eBetsy Snider\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am undone\u003c\/em\u003e, says the speaker in the first poem of Betsy Snider's lush and intimate journey \u003cem\u003eView From the Other Side\u003c\/em\u003e, and at once we are in the thrall of a remarkable energy. Snider's language is fueled by this energy, this force, defined by continual movement-probing wider, diving deeper, until nothing less than a complete metamorphosis is achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Richly threaded with themes, these poems probe and prod in search of god, of self. Water as the element of transformation holds all these threads together. The section titled Ars preces-the art of prayer-stops the heart. Compressed and untitled, these lyrics recall Hopkins' praise of his god, full of fury and passion for a divinity of human dimension. But instead of Hopkins finding god in \u003cem\u003edappled things\u003c\/em\u003e, Snider laments the time she thought \u003cem\u003egod would melt on my tongue\u003c\/em\u003e, and now muses that \u003cem\u003eperhaps god tastes of ash, smoke \/ born on the wind.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e While these poems honor and celebrate life fully lived, they also challenge the very idea of an inevitable end. In the true sense of metamorphosis, transformation by its nature continues on. She writes: \u003cem\u003eThe sheet is lifted over my slack face. \/ I dive deep into the lake, \/ touch the sandy bottom \/ and surge to the surface \/ aflame\u003c\/em\u003e. Surely this is divinity in its most intense articulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetsy Snider is a retired attorney who lives on a lake in rural New Hampshire with the ghosts of her many cats and dogs. When she is not swimming or hiking, she writes poetry and has volunteered as a CASA Guardian ad Litem for abused and neglected children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e She was first published in the ground-breaking anthology, \u003cem\u003eLesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence\u003c\/em\u003e (Naiad Press, 1985). She is a winner of the 2015 Blue Light Book Award for her book of poems, \u003cem\u003eHope is a Muscle\u003c\/em\u003e (Blue Light Press, 2015). Her poetry has been published in a variety of journals and anthologies, most recently in \u003cem\u003eThe Mud Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e (Monadnock Writers' Group, 2018); \u003cem\u003eCarrying the Branch \u003c\/em\u003e(Glass Lyre Press, 2017); \u003cem\u003eThe Lesbian Body \u003c\/em\u003e(Sinister Wisdom, Fall 2017); \u003cem\u003eAmore: Love Poems \u003c\/em\u003e(Imagination Press, 2016); \u003cem\u003eOur Last Walk\u003c\/em\u003e (University Professors Press, 2016); \u003cem\u003eRiver of Earth and Sky: Poems for the 21st Century\u003c\/em\u003e (Blue Light Press, 2015); \u003cem\u003ePoet Showcase \u003c\/em\u003e(Hobblebush Press, 2015); and \u003cem\u003eLove Over 60: an anthology of women's poems\u003c\/em\u003e (Mayapple Press, 2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353690226937,"sku":"9781421836799","price":22.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/S0lFxOQ0yx9781421836799.webp?v=1769828346","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/view-from-the-other-side-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}