{"product_id":"to-let-the-sun-paperback","title":"To Let the Sun - 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\u003eJohn Allen Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e John Allen Taylor's debut poetry collection \u003ci\u003eTo Let the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e opens with an invitation both generous and resolute: \"take a walk with me . . . I hope you'll come \/ though I am going anyway.\" These poems peel back the layers of recovery as an adult from childhood sexual abuse, the myriad ways a body can change to protect itself from memory, and the difficulty of looking at abuse head-on. Taylor uses a poetics of reclamation to write the child-self from a perspective beyond trauma, to document the messiness of survival, the child's flight from himself, and the uncertain path home--to a life filled with small and perfect things. Through hermit crabs and golden pothos, fungal gnats and beet seed, the speaker reclaims himself: \"I am not lost . . . I know memory \/ is not healed by time, but \/ by the oddities \/ with which we adorn our lives, \/ the fragilities we need to know \/ we're needed by. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Allen Taylor lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eUnmonstrous\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBooth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Common\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He directs the Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program and coordinates the Writing Center at University of Michigan-Dearborn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\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 March 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47581927145693,"sku":"9781682262719","price":27.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/dux48z6rPU9781682262719.webp?v=1773566493","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/to-let-the-sun-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}