{"product_id":"talking-me-off-the-roof-paperback","title":"Talking Me Off the Roof - 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\u003eLaurie Kuntz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do we need poetry in dark times? The answer can be found in Laurie Kuntz's marvelous-as in full of marvels-new chapbook, \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eTalking Me Off the Roof.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a fiercely courageous poet who refuses to blind herself to life's afflictions and tumble into despair, but instead invites the reader to look closer, to see the miraculous in the ordinary. In these impeccably observed and elegantly rendered poems, the familiar world shines with numinosity. Each poem reflects a compassionate and wise apprehension of lived experience, providing darkness a home in language, housing it among the mundane-sparrows, possums, sunsets, noisy children-the way prayer, too, \u003cbr\u003eensouls our earthly existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf attention is love, Laurie Kuntz has written love poems of the highest order.\u003cbr\u003e-Dale M. Kushner, author of \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eM\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Conditions of Love\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Quotidian moments will save us,\" such is the premise of Laurie Kuntz's last poem of her new chapbook, \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eTalking Me off the Roof, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e written by a mother, wife, teacher, observer of the world. These rhapsodies, words, thoughts, ideas, resonate based on singular and often quotidian moments, and a plenitude of flowers, to delight and inspire. \u003cbr\u003e-Mộng-Lan, poet, writer, artist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaurie Kuntz's newest collection \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eTalking Me Off the Roof\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a map for our times and the chapbook book I wish we'd all had during quarantine. In each poem, Kuntz's language flows with the intricacy and lightness of a feather and just as magnificently designed. She finds \"the marrow of gratitude\" in nature and guides the questions around the longevity of love. This book holds us through uncertainty and settles us into grounding wisdom like \"aren't we all miracles at one time or another.\" This lush exploration of beauty doesn't shy from pain and in doing so plumbs the miracles we often overlook and brings them like a bouquet to the reader. \u003cbr\u003e-Jeri Frederickson, author of \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eYou Are Not Lost\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eAwakened Voices\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726832333107,"sku":"9781639802166","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/d2oweVJkQ2tFMjNQM3JVZzhRdHJhZz09.webp?v=1763748098","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/talking-me-off-the-roof-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}