{"product_id":"paper-crown-paperback","title":"Paper Crown - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeather Christle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst poetry collection in a decade from acclaimed author of The Crying Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince Heather Christle published her last poetry collection a decade ago, her nonfiction works \u003ci\u003eThe Crying Book\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Rhododendrons\u003c\/i\u003e have found her readers around the world. \u003ci\u003ePaper Crown\u003c\/i\u003e marks Christle's exuberant return to her home genre, in which she combines the imagination of her earliest poetry with the personal elements of her more recent prose. These poems conjure moments when the world's events (a child's words, early twentieth-century predictions of drone warfare, dinner with friends) align themselves with the odd logic of dreams and serendipity. With tenderness and verve, honesty and curiosity, Paper Crown invites readers to look up from its pages and recognize that the day going on around them could very well be its own poem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[sample poem]\u003cbr\u003eMistake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor years I have seen\u003cbr\u003edead animals on the highway\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eand grieved for them\u003cbr\u003eonly to realize they are\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003enot dead animals\u003cbr\u003ethey are t shirts\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eor bits of blown tire\u003cbr\u003eand I have found\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003emyself with this\u003cbr\u003eexcess of grief\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eI have made with\u003cbr\u003eno object to let\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eit spill over and\u003cbr\u003eI have not known\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ewhere to put it or\u003cbr\u003ekeep it and then today\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eI thought \u003ci\u003eI know\u003cbr\u003eI can give it to you\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHEATHER CHRISTLE is the author of the literary memoir\u003ci\u003e In the Rhododendrons\u003c\/i\u003e (2025), \u003ci\u003eThe Crying Book\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), and four poetry collections, most recently\u003ci\u003e Heliopause \u003c\/i\u003e(Wesleyan University Press, 2015). She is an Associate Professor at Emory University. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoetry\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 0.27 x 8.89 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984044523821,"sku":"9780819501691","price":19.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ZPoLOME2bo9780819501691.webp?v=1776081580","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/paper-crown-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}