{"product_id":"ordinary-psalms-9780807174746","title":"Ordinary Psalms","description":"\u003cp\u003eStruggling to accept her impending blindness, the speaker in Julia B. Levine's fifth collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Psalms, \u003c\/i\u003e asks everyday life to help her learn how to see beyond appearances into fundamental truths. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she contemplates the loss of one friend to cancer and another to suicide, along with her own visual impairment, Levine holds the world \"close as I needed \/ to see.\" Imagistic, lyrical, and at times imploring divine intervention from a god she does not know or trust, these poems curse and praise the extraordinary place we live in and are in danger of losing. Lamenting that \"this world is a mortal affliction \/ with wounds in the beautiful,\" \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Psalms\u003c\/i\u003e provides a seductive and lyric rumination on radiance, loss, and grief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia B. Levine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Barataria Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807174746","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42758933938313,"sku":"9780807174746","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_b1f481c0-9598-4cf2-8696-51db0753c3b4.jpg?v=1720499519","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/ordinary-psalms-9780807174746","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}