{"product_id":"9781942371298","title":"In the Shadow of Paradise","description":"IN THE SHADOW OF PARADISE by Jane Ellen Glasser opens with an epigraph by Rumi, \"The wound is the place where the light enters you,\" a theme resonant throughout her seventh collection. Subjects such as romantic love, aging, disappointment and death are examined through a lens of understanding that loss is both inevitable and necessary in growing a full life. In her poem \"Cracks,\" she reminds us, \"Every scar\/ is the shorthand\/ of an important story,\" each crack \"...a door opening\/ onto a larger room.\" A signature of her work, Glasser views nature as a mirror for human nature. Swallowtails hovering above phlox suggest that \"...pleasure\/ can only be tasted in small sips.\" Another source of inspiration is art. Works by Rousseau, Chagall, Picasso, Rubens are springboards for self-examination. With wisdom harvested by time, the overriding tone of her collection is one of praise, celebrating a life \"happily flawed.\"","brand":"FutureCycle Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060748337392,"sku":"9781942371298","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942371298_p0.jpg?v=1763757987","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942371298","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}