{"product_id":"the-grief-were-given-9781771682190","title":"The Grief We're Given","description":"\u003cb\u003eReaders call William's poetry \"breath-taking\", \"refreshing\" and \"relatable to anyone\".\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrief We're Given\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e explores the collective and personal experience of grief and grieving through themes and tropes such as relationships, love, loss, nature, eternity, and hope as a thinning, but exuberant, door. How are we to learn to grieve when it feels unrelenting? How are we to adore and memorialize small moments of appreciation? How are we to shape our grief into something worth celebrating, and begin to understand the grief we give?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Bortz (he\/him) is a husband, poet, and editor from Des Moines, IA. His poems appear in \u003ci\u003eOkay Donkey, Oxidant Engine, Empty Mirror, honey \u0026amp; lime, Turnpike Magazine, Back Patio Press\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLyrical Iowa Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eShards\u003c\/i\u003e and the chapbook \u003ci\u003eThe Sky Grew Back with Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e. Growing up, William spent time in foster care, in homelessness, and in shelters. His aim in writing is to explore how joy lives in uncertainty and mourning.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Central Avenue Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50376776778002,"sku":"9781771682190","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6736bd08-34ff-455b-aa6a-52baa2ab570a.jpg?v=1728607395","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-grief-were-given-9781771682190","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}