{"product_id":"when-i-was-a-king-9781594981593","title":"When I Was a King","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen I Was a King\u003c\/em\u003e is dedicated to the author's wife who died in the late summer of 2019 of an undiagnosed cancer. Many of the poems deal with her unexpected death and its aftermath during a period in American life when dishonesty and brutality seemed to prevail, thus threatening such values as compassion and love of beauty that make poetry possible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile loss is the primary tone throughout this book-the loss of his beloved as well as the loss of the industrial Midwest which the author grew up in and now no longer exists-this is also a book about hope. The poems take readers through the worst darkness that life can give a person, finding a bright light shining on the other side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKrumberger, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John Krumberger has published two previous full volumes of poetry and a prize-winning chapbook. He retired at the end of 2023 after a long career as a psychologist and psychotherapist. In addition to a PhD in psychology from the University of Minnesota, he received an MFA in Poetry from New England College.","brand":"Fernwood Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777287356690,"sku":"9781594981593","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_313a1f61-da57-4a6b-ac54-ed63108b34fa.jpg?v=1765359406","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/when-i-was-a-king-9781594981593","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}