{"product_id":"2940012366511","title":"Laughing Into The Dome of Heaven","description":"A handful of works have traveled with me from 1980 to the present. These pieces escaped the loss, destruction, or abandonment suffered by so many others over the years. In seven cross-country moves, through two divorces, after numerous academic and professional incarnations, these stories and poems accompanied me in dark times and fun times, through joy and despair, and now lived in little file folders—textual snapshots of my emotions, fears, loving concerns from one side of the continent to another—some of them for over 30 years. As I placed them all side by side, I recognized a life statement emerging. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese works represent the journey so far. Now that I’ve recovered my voice, dusted off the clinging judgments of others, and shined these works up, I am not willing to let them disappear (like so many of my other works) into the void. I’ve lost more works than this book includes, but these works—these sincere and authentic stories and poems—have been my companion for so long that I simply must bring them into the light.","brand":"Brad Stiles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073392165104,"sku":"2940012366511","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012366511_p0.jpg?v=1763567833","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012366511","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}