{"product_id":"9781635341997","title":"Slow Blooming Gratitudes","description":"\u003cp\u003eA finalist in Finishing Line Press’s 2017 NEW WOMEN’S VOICES CHAPBOOK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOMPETITION, Slow Blooming Gratitudes is Vermont poet Sarah W. Bartlett’s second\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echapbook. Her poems invite readers into moments of transformation, healing and presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These are no ordinary poems of love, loss, letting go, courage, and universality,” writes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCynthia Brackett-Vincent, publisher and editor of the Aurorean poetry journal. “Rather\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e… they are extraordinary poems ... masterfully crafted … extending the hand of welcome\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto each reader.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllaraine Lockie, award-winning poet, nonfiction author, contest judge, and educator says\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe language of this collection “seeps into the reader like a slow, soft massage” in its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecapacity “to offer solace and acceptance in times of adversity.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah’s poetry and prose appear in Adanna, the Aurorean, Minerva Rising, PoemMemoirStory,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMom Egg Review, Ars Medica; and highly-acclaimed anthologies, including the award-winning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen on Poetry (McFarland \u0026amp; Co. Inc., 2012). Her first poetry chapbook was Into the Great\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlue: Meditations of Summer (Finishing Line Press, 2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, she founded writing inside VT, a weekly writing group inside Vermont’s sole women’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprison to encourage personal and social change within a supportive community. Now in its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeighth year, the program hosts an active blog (www.writinginsideVT.com) and continues to hold\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereadings and book talks based on the 2013 publication of HEAR ME, SEE ME:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINCARCERATED WOMEN WRITE (Orbis Books). Sarah co-edited this anthology of writing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand art by 60 early program participants, and has published a number of pieces as well as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edelivered two keynote speeches about the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah was greatly influenced by her father, a world-class chemist devoted to making the world a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebetter place. From him she learned the value of community and a love of words at play. Sarah\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espent the first 25 years of her professional life using language in service to planning, marketing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand public relations for non profit organizations. Sarah’s current work as change agent and poet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edraws on the full range of her experience and prior training, including a doctorate in health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeducation from Harvard and certification as a mediator. Language remains the medium for her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elife work creating communities that support individual transformation and healing through\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewriting, as well as her own creative writing. Like the hummingbird who has taught her to see\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edeep into the heart of things, she seeks to awaken the soul to presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer reflections on both external and interior worlds draw from her life and homes in the Vermont\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emountains and Massachusetts shore, where she lives with her husband and pets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Finishing Line Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032004903152,"sku":"9781635341997","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781635341997_p0.jpg?v=1763683293","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781635341997","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}