{"product_id":"next-time-you-come-home-9781625570536","title":"Next Time You Come Home","description":"In NEXT TIME YOU COME HOME, Lisa Dordal distills one hundred eighty letters she received from her mother over a seventeen-year period into short, meditative entries that reflect upon motherhood, marriage, grief, the beauty of the natural world, same-sex relationships, and the passage of time. \u003cbr\u003e \" A newly recovered trove of letters is the source material for \u003ci\u003eNext Time You Come Home\u003c\/i\u003e, but the collection's true genius lies in the communion of mother and daughter across time. In distilling her late mother's letters to their loving essence, Lisa Dordal focuses not on the \" nighttime mother\" who drank until her speech was slurred but on the vibrant, nurturing \" daytime mother\" who taught her how to love the world. This is a radical compassion that heals, offering understanding without excuses or justifications, love without benchmarks or conditions. From its haunting title onward, \u003ci\u003eNext Time You Come Home\u003c\/i\u003e is an utter original.\" - Margaret Renkl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLisa Dordal holds a Master of Divinity and a Master of Fine Arts (in poetry), both from Vanderbilt University, and she currently teaches in the English Department at Vanderbilt. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and the recipient of an Academy of American Poets Prize and the Robert Watson Literary Prize. Her poetry has appeared in a variety of journals, including \u003cem\u003eBest New Poets 2015, Cave Wall, CALYX, Vinyl Poetry, The Greensboro Review, Nimrod, Sojourners\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Black Lawrence Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50661178081554,"sku":"9781625570536","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2137a19f-7fe3-4940-a5bb-c9666d4af18d.jpg?v=1733486657","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/next-time-you-come-home-9781625570536","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}