{"product_id":"ordinary-cruelty-paperback","title":"Ordinary Cruelty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmber Flame\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e In her debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003e Ordinary Cruelty \u003c\/i\u003e, Amber Flame spells out rituals in everyday decisions to hold on or let go. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e While questioning the role of elder, mentor, mother in the face of losing those figures, Flame details the unrelenting nature of parenthood through the cycles of grief. Her poems exuberantly rejoice in the brown skin of the female body, while soberly acknowledging the societal dangers of claiming such skin as home. Flame takes the reader through a visceral examination of the body's processes of both dying and continuing to live and the joy to be found while we do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmber Flame is an interdisciplinary creative, activist and educator whose work has garnered residencies with Hedgebrook, Vermont Studio Center, and more. A former church kid from the Southwest, Flame's work is published widely and explores spirituality and sexuality, cross-woven with themes of grief and loss, motherhood and magic, and interstitial joy. A 2016 and 2017 Pushcart Prize nominee and Jack Straw Writer Program alum, Amber Flame's first full-length poetry collection, \u003ci\u003e Ordinary Cruelty \u003ci\u003e, was published in 2017 through Write Bloody Press.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68000608977048,"sku":"9781938912702","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/gBV5BHXGW89781938912702.webp?v=1794646291","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/ordinary-cruelty-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}