{"product_id":"starfall-in-the-temple-9781421835471","title":"Starfall in the Temple","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrartho Sereno\u003c\/strong\u003e has made her home in a bamboo hut in India, a 150-year-old farmhouse in Maine, a spiritual community in Oregon, an uptown apartment in Southern California, and for the past 23 years, a funky upstairs duplex north of the Golden Gate Bridge, which she shares with her boat-rowing sweetheart. Along with painting \u0026amp; poetry Prartho has dabbled in such art forms as taxi driver, family therapist, Phys Ed instructor at Cornell University, housecleaner, single parent, head cook, amateur singer\/song-writer, illustrator, and palm-reading psychic in various Catskill resorts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of the award-winning collections \u003cem\u003eIndian Rope Trick, Elephant Raga, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCall from Paris, \u003c\/em\u003e and author\/illustrator of the IPPY-winning gift book, \u003cem\u003eCausing a Stir: The Secret Lives and Loves of Kitchen Utensils\u003c\/em\u003e, Prartho's other published works include a poetry chapbook, \u003cem\u003eGarden Sutra\u003c\/em\u003e, a song\/music\/poetry CD, \u003cem\u003eSalt\u003c\/em\u003e, and a book of essays, \u003cem\u003eEveryday Miracles: An A to Z Guide to the Simple Wonders of Life\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet Laureate Emerita of Marin County, California (2015-17), Prartho was awarded a 2005 Radio Disney Super Teacher award for her 22 years work as a Poet in the Schools, the Marin Poetry Center's inaugural Rilke Award (2023) \u003cem\u003efor nurturing the poets, \u003c\/em\u003e a Marin Arts Council Individual Artist Grant in Poetry (2003), and an MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University (2013). She is founder of the ongoing poetry writing series: \u003cem\u003eThe Poetic Pilgrimage: Poem-Making as Spiritual Practice\u003c\/em\u003e, now online. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most dependable remark on Prartho's early report cards was \"Easily distracted and distracts others.\"-a comment she has done her best to live up to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Light Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50563846209810,"sku":"9781421835471","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9b409cb4-e2b0-45fd-b5fa-86b8cc38aa08.jpg?v=1731871153","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/starfall-in-the-temple-9781421835471","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}