{"product_id":"_bookds","title":"The Book of Orion, by Darci Schummer","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 44 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow do we protect those we love? How do we cope with witnessing someone we love leave? How do we forgive ourselves and others? In 24 poems, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Orion\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles addiction, grief, and forgiveness in the wake of a tragic loss.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImagine two hands unclasping. Imagine the thin, iridescent veil separating the living and the dead. Imagine the echo of a familiar voice. Through both image-based and narrative poems, this collection seeks to capture the haunting nature of grief, how it colors both daily life and dreams, and how the people we love and lose continue to maintain a presence in our lives.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDarci Schummer is the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eThe Ballad of Two Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e and the story collection \u003cem\u003eSix Months in the Midwest\u003c\/em\u003e, both from Unsolicited Press, and coauthor of the poetry\/prose collaboration \u003cem\u003eHinge\u003c\/em\u003e from broadcraft press. Her work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eNinth Letter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFolio\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJet Fuel Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJellyfish Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSundog Lit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFlash Frog\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePithead Chapel\u003c\/em\u003e, among several other journals and anthologies. A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, she served as the 2023 Artist-in-Residence at the La Pointe Center for the Arts in La Pointe, Wisconsin, on Madeline Island, and she is an assistant professor of creative writing at Colorado State University Pueblo. Connect with her at darcischummer.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darci Schummer","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47807031312699,"sku":"_BOOKDS","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47807031345467,"sku":"_BOOKDSe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/orionfront.png?v=1708457999","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/_bookds","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}