{"product_id":"walking-the-burn-paperback","title":"Walking the Burn - 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\u003eRachel Kellum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection, Walking the Burn, traverses the recursive nature of generational family trauma and resilience at a variety of intersections: childhood, infidelity, divorce, Mormon patriarchy, sibling death, hereditary mental illness, suicidality, ancestral white supremacy, racism, healing and reluctant forgiveness. This is a book of healing. A humble book. A humbling book. A book with dignity. Integrity. A book that dares us, too, to walk through the burn of our lives toward forgiveness, mindful action, and love. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e -Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHush\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll the Honey\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Unfolding\u003c\/i\u003e, former Western Slope Poet Laureate\u003cbr\u003e of Colorado\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe voice that inhabits the poems in this book is fearless and compassionate and in love with this life. Love of place, love of all sentient beings, love of family-Walking the Burn tells it all and tells it real, which must include the inevitable suffering we inherit as humans. As Rachel Kellum shows us in these poems, welcoming and fully engaging experience, all of it, can open us into the freedom of letting it go. In a time when so much of our bandwidth is bombarded with blah-blah and other static, I am grateful for her voice. Open this book and tune it in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e -Peter Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eRiding the Wheel, Heading Home: Field Notes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReading Colorado: A Literary Road\u003cbr\u003e Guide\u003c\/i\u003e (recipient of the Colorado Book Award) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of these brave and beautiful poems - like at the center of all things courageous - shines the grace, pain and responsibility of motherhood which blooms again and again. The arc of the poems and all that shines beneath is filled with tenderness in the midst of grief, betrayal, guilt and anger, yet Kellum reminds us, again and again, that love's flame is eternal, inexhaustible, dear and necessary. These poems sing with integrity, intelligence and intensity - so honest ... so very human ... so clear in their purpose - to heal all that are lucky enough to read their wisdom. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e -aaron a. abeyta\u003c\/b\u003e, recipient of The American Book Award \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalking the Burn sets ablaze the testament of family and motherhood. It unfolds a compelling narrative that demands to be heard and deeply felt, serving as a poignant reminder of our shared humanity. These poems reach out to embrace, to push away, to feel, to love. They celebrate love in all its forms-intense, tender, and unfiltered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e -Julie Cummings\u003c\/b\u003e, Author of \u003ci\u003eRide of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e, president of Columbine Poets, Inc., president of the National Federation of\u003cbr\u003e State Poetry Societies 2018-2022 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Kellum fearlessly writes of all it means to be human in our present time. There is no denial or dismissal here. In Walking the Burn we are invited to share in a rich harvest of clear-eyed love and a litany of challenges met head on. We are shown the power and archetype of The Mother, the tenderness of The Lover, the sorrow of The Witness, the prescience of The Alchemist disguised as teacher. Kellum suggests \"\u003ci\u003emy stories will move and move through edgeless space like radio waves ..\u003c\/i\u003e.\" She is right. Suffused with truth, visceral beauty, and resilience, her poems will endure in timelessness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e -Barbara Ford\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Pursuit of Happenstance\u003c\/i\u003e, host of Poets and Minstrels on KHEN radio 2006-2025 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Kellum\u003c\/b\u003e lives at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains where she writes, walks, gardens, teaches, and loves the simplicity and silence of end-of-the-road, small-town living with her partner, pets and plants. You can find hundreds of her poems and links to her visual art on her blog wordweeds.com, in the 2012 chapbook, \u003ci\u003eah\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Liquid Light Press, and in a variety of online journals and print anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47877592940765,"sku":"9781957483320","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/BgEINM9Ypv9781957483320.webp?v=1777884858","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/walking-the-burn-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}