{"product_id":"splitting-open-the-world-9781956285932","title":"Splitting Open the World","description":"\u003cem\u003eSplitting Open the World, \u003c\/em\u003e borrows its title from Muriel Rukeyser's question, \u003cem\u003eWhat would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open. \u003c\/em\u003eRecognizing that \u003cem\u003ein this wobbly universe, truths strain, turn, twist\/to revise themselves, \u003c\/em\u003e Martin explores a world split open in poems about family and friends, about life as an English teacher and Roman Catholic nun, and about the inspiration lurking in the everyday. -----------\u003cp\u003e\"Part memoir, part elegy, \u003cem\u003eSplitting Open the World \u003c\/em\u003eis another rich and welcome collection by a stellar poet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Andrea Hollander, author of \u003cem\u003eAnd Now, Nowhere But Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Everyone who enters these pages will delight in these poems and become better people in the process.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Colette Tennant, Ph.D., author of \u003cem\u003eSweet Gothic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carolyn Martin's \u003cem\u003eSplitting Open the World\u003c\/em\u003e is a bonfire of illuminated reckoning, reconciliation, and redemption. As this buoyant speaker transmutes the agonies of witness to the grace of wisdom, the reader is also transformed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Sage Cohen, author of \u003cem\u003eWriting the Life Poetic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Poetry Box","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51253991276818,"sku":"9781956285932","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b1a35658-e2c2-46b7-a9df-12ace8dd1278.jpg?v=1746303662","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/splitting-open-the-world-9781956285932","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}