{"product_id":"poetry-will-save-your-life-a-memoir-9781982104825","title":"Poetry Will Save Your Life: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author and poet comes \"a delightfully hybrid book: part anthology, part critical study, part autobiography\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) that is organized \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003earound fifty-one remarkable poems by poets such as Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Wallace Stevens, and Sylvia Plath. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Jill Bialosky, certain poems stand out like signposts at pivotal moments in a life: the death of a father, adolescence, first love, leaving home, the suicide of a sister, marriage, the birth of a child, the day in New York City the Twin Towers fell. As Bialosky narrates these moments, she illuminates the ways in which particular poems offered insight, compassion, and connection, and shows how poetry can be a blueprint for living. In \u003ci\u003ePoetry Will Save Your Life, \u003c\/i\u003e Bialosky recalls when she encountered each formative poem, and how its importance and meaning evolved over time, allowing new insights and perceptions to emerge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Bialosky's personal stories animate each poem, they touch on many universal experiences, from the awkwardness of girlhood, to crises of faith and identity, from braving a new life in a foreign city to enduring the loss of a loved one, from becoming a parent to growing creatively as a poet and artist. Each moment and poem illustrate \"not only how to \u003ci\u003eread \u003c\/i\u003epoetry, but also how to \u003ci\u003elove \u003c\/i\u003epoetry\" (\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An emotional, sometimes-wrenching account of how lines of poetry can be lifelines\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003ePoetry Will Save Your Life \u003c\/i\u003eis an engaging and entirely original examination of a life while celebrating the enduring value of poetry, not as a purely cerebral activity, but as a means of conveying personal experience and as a source of comfort and intimacy. In doing so the book brilliantly illustrates the ways in which poetry can be an integral part of life itself and can, in fact, save your life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-476432\"\u003eJill Bialosky\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982104825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982104821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE001000\"\u003eAnthologies (multiple authors)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51141415993631,"sku":"9781982104825","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/img_8c37b4d4-d4f3-4906-9dba-8a16aec685cb.jpg?v=1755672651","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/poetry-will-save-your-life-a-memoir-9781982104825","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}