{"product_id":"this-far-poems-9781640602625","title":"This Far: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection offers a rich harvest taken from one season in the poet's creative life. Like movements in a musical composition, these poems share \u003cem\u003eleitmotifs\u003c\/em\u003e ̶ grief and the desire to honor those \"saints\" who have passed on; the sacramental power of nature; and, how works of art illuminate and console as they do. They point to the tension between the practice of monastic silence and the urge to bear witness, interrogating faith in the light of crises facing the earth and our human community. At the same time, the poet celebrates encounters that offer blessings of hope, inviting us to join her in a pilgrimage that leads us, with her, \"this far,\" and gestures to what lies beyond.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathleen O'Toole\u003c\/b\u003e has braided writing and teaching poetry into a professional life, in community organizing and faith-based social change. After receiving her MA from Johns Hopkins University, she taught writing at JHU and the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her poems have been widely published, and have received special recognition from \u003ci\u003eHunger Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, New York Encounter\/IMAGE Poetry Contest (2017), \u003ci\u003eNorthern Virginia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmartish Pace\u003c\/i\u003e, and Cape Cod Outermost Poetry Contest (2019). She is a Benedictine oblate of Emmanuel Monastery, and the current Poet Laureate of Takoma Park, Maryland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paraclete Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873934151954,"sku":"9781640602625","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_970e4a1d-e4ea-4b56-8c8f-b2e1b18344b4.jpg?v=1737974408","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-far-poems-9781640602625","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}