{"product_id":"if-we-could-know-our-bones-9780615933610","title":"If We Could Know Our Bones","description":"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eIf We Could Know Our Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eMary Carroll-Hackett\u003c\/b\u003e is a full length, 82 page collection of poetry. \u003cbr\u003e  Two words--\"listen; build\"--nest quietly in one of the poems from Mary Carroll-Hackett's beautiful\/tough\/fragile collection, \u003ci\u003eIf We Could Know Our Bones\u003c\/i\u003e. They are seeds from which she conjures and nurtures a world of words simple and complex; lives brief and infinite; love physical and soul-full; spirit deeply rooted in the earth and carried on the wind. \"The apples don't last. She buys them anyway,\" she writes, and: \"The only reason to live \/ is to give ourselves away.\" We do... to her poems... without hesitation-- Robert Gray, Editor, \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Bjorkman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e A-Minor Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780615933610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Carroll-Hackett\u003c\/b\u003e earned an MFA from Bennington College and her work has appeared in numerous journals including \u003ci\u003eCarolina Quarterly, Clackamas Literary Review, Pedestal Magazine, Superstition Review, Drunken Boat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Prose-Poem Project\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She was a North Carolina Blumenthal Writer and winner of the Willamette Award for Fiction. \u003cbr\u003e  Her chapbook, \u003ci\u003eThe Real Politics of Lipstick\u003c\/i\u003e, won Slipstream's 2010 poetry competition, and another, \u003ci\u003eAnimal Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, was released this year from Kattywompus Press. She founded and teaches in the Creative Writing programs at Longwood University. She also teaches workshops on Writing Grief and Loss, Writing the Body, Writing the Earth, and Writing through the Chakras at The Porches Writers Retreat in Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e  Mary founded and edits \u003ci\u003eThe Dos Passos Review, Briery Creek Press\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Liam Rector First Book Prize for Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. Most recently, she co-founded \u003ci\u003eSPACES\u003c\/i\u003e, an online magazine of art and literature. Mary is currently at work on a memoir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A-Minor Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40075907661939,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_57000229-dfd4-4c53-9e89-5d1f13ecd186.jpg?v=1652105120","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/if-we-could-know-our-bones-9780615933610","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}