{"product_id":"paper-crown-heather-christle-paperback","title":"Paper Crown -- Heather Christle, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst poetry collection in a decade from acclaimed author of The Crying Book\u003c\/strong\u003e Since Heather Christle published her last poetry collection a decade ago, her nonfiction works \u003ci\u003eThe Crying Book\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Rhododendrons\u003c\/i\u003e have found her readers around the world. \u003ci\u003ePaper Crown\u003c\/i\u003e marks Christle's exuberant return to her home genre, in which she combines the imagination of her earliest poetry with the personal elements of her more recent prose. These poems conjure moments when the world's events (a child's words, early twentieth-century predictions of drone warfare, dinner with friends) align themselves with the odd logic of dreams and serendipity. With tenderness and verve, honesty and curiosity, Paper Crown invites readers to look up from its pages and recognize that the day going on around them could very well be its own poem. [sample poem]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\nMistake For years I have seen\n\ndead animals on the highway and grieved for them\n\nonly to realize they are not dead animals\n\nthey are t shirts or bits of blown tire\n\nand I have found myself with this\n\nexcess of grief I have made with\n\nno object to let it spill over and\n\nI have not known where to put it or\n\nkeep it and then today I thought \u003ci\u003eI know\n\nI can give it to you\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Heather Christle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\/5\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.89\" H x 6.1\" L x 0.27\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780819501691\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51745496531243,"sku":"9780819501691","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780819501691.jpg?v=1774846932","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/paper-crown-heather-christle-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}