{"product_id":"loose-magic-9781646626731","title":"Loose Magic","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow to chronicle a lifetime? If it can be done at all, it must be in poems like this, written straight from the heart and spanning a decade, plainspoken, and lyrical with authentic and earned emotion. Here, the author's life is written in life-affirming odes like \"Dancing with the Stars\" and in aching elegies like \"Cue the Bagpipes,\" often with a rapier wit (\"Bifocals\"). Powerful feelings and memories from a long life, richly lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Rebecca Foust\u003c\/strong\u003e, 2017-19 Marin County Poet Laureate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLes Bernstein's poetry is poignant, sacred, stinging in its truthfulness while somehow still comforting. She touches deep roots of feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Lilly Tartikoff Karatz\u003c\/strong\u003e, Philanthropist and Co-founder of Revlon UCLA Women's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCancer Research Program\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I immersed myself in \u003cem\u003eLoose Magic\u003c\/em\u003e, assimilating these poems one after another, an inner alchemy began. Soon, seemingly unbidden, a deep voice arose from within and said.\"Oh... this is about Me.\" Sit down, \u003cem\u003eLoose Magic\u003c\/em\u003e is precious food for the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Raz Ingrasci\u003c\/strong\u003e, Chairman Hoffman Institue International\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLoose Magic\u003c\/em\u003e, Les Bernstein has masterfully woven a moving tapestry of sublime language and visual imagery rooted in the ordinary, everyday experiences that make our hearts both soar and break-all at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Karen Tiber Leland\u003c\/strong\u003e, best selling author \u003cem\u003eThe Brand Mapping Strategy: Design, Build \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eand Accelerate Your Brand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernstein, Les:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Les Bernstein's poems have appeared in journals, presses and anthologies in the U.S.A. and internationally. Her chapbooks Borderland, Naked Little Creatures and Amid the Din have been published Finishing Line Press. Les is a winner of the 6th annual Nazim Hikmet Festival. She also was a Pushcart Prize Nominee for 2015. Les has been the editor of Redwood Writer's anthologies for 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 and also the editor of the Marin High School Anthology 2018. She lives in Mill Valley with her enormous family.","brand":"Finishing Line Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387186680082,"sku":"9781646626731","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9df66a07-f1c2-47ce-8b9a-44f641be0d80.jpg?v=1728872623","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/loose-magic-9781646626731","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}