{"product_id":"voice-message-paperback","title":"Voice Message - 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\u003eKatherine Barrett Swett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice Message\u003c\/i\u003e explores through villanelles, sonnets, quatrains, and even free verse the consolation and devastation that art and poetry offer. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her debut collection, Swett engages the art of Vermeer to guide and contextualize the pain of losing a child, exploring how can art offer motivation, comfort, and release. In these poems, there is tenderness for our vulnerable earth as well as for our fragile human bodies. Swett's collection is a poignant and measured collection that reminds us of art's ability to heal.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former high school English teacher, \u003cb\u003eKatherine Barrett Swett\u003c\/b\u003e lives in New York City. She received a PhD in American Literature from Columbia University. Her poems have been published in various journals including, \u003ci\u003e The Lyric\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRattle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMezzo Cammin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Raintown Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Orchards Poetry Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eVoice Message\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Donald Justice Poetry Prize, published by Autumn House Press, is her first collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47581910204637,"sku":"9781938769528","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/lR1x-ahPu29781938769528.webp?v=1773566406","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/voice-message-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}