{"product_id":"what-trammels-the-heart-9781622882847","title":"What Trammels the Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e Anyone who has seen the film \u003ci\u003eSpotlight\u003c\/i\u003e will find a powerful poetic companion in this poetry collection. \u003ci\u003eWhat Trammels the Heart \u003c\/i\u003ecasts new light on the clergy cover-up and grapples with the assaults that abruptly ended so many childhoods and ruined so many lives. Compounding the devastation of the pedophilia scandals was the later confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and the ascension of the religious right. While a parent's complicity might be the most shattering companion piece within this text, the author ultimately attains a semblance of personal redemption while honoring the testimony of the victims and challenging centuries of entrenched religious abuse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e KELLY FORDON's latest short story collection, \u003ci\u003eI Have the Answer\u003c\/i\u003e (Wayne State University Press, 2020), was chosen as a Midwest Book Award Finalist and an Eric Hoffer Finalist. Her first full-length poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Toothless House\u003c\/i\u003e (Kattywompus Press, 2019), was an Eyelands International Prize Finalist and an Eric Hoffer Finalist. It was later adapted into a play by Robin Martin and published in \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review Online\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of three award-winning poetry chapbooks and has received a Best of the Net Award and Pushcart Prize nominations in three different genres. She teaches at Springfed Arts in Detroit and online, where she runs a fiction podcast called \"Let's Deconstruct a Story.\" http: \/\/www.kellyfordon.com \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stephen F. Austin University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51384315805970,"sku":"9781622882847","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f3197b5e-57c6-47d6-8a7c-ed6208e66a70.jpg?v=1750169773","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-trammels-the-heart-9781622882847","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}