{"product_id":"_croccc","title":"The Crocus \u0026 I, by Carissa Coane","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 20 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" 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\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Crocus \u0026amp; I\u003c\/em\u003e is a luminous and unflinching collection that tenderly charts both the fragmentation of self and the quiet, radical work of reassembly. Each poem opens a door into the liminal, pulsing with quiet urgency and radiant strangeness. Throughout the collection, the body and the page become shared landscapes of healing and recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eAt once tender and incisive, the poems in \u003cem\u003eThe Crocus \u0026amp; I\u003c\/em\u003e gesture toward what’s been lost and obscured, yet also offer a path through the wreckage: a way of speaking, however haltingly, toward clarity. These poems open up a space where grief, fear, and tenderness can coexist, rearranging our inner topographies with uncanny precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Crocus \u0026amp; I\u003c\/em\u003e is a sustained meditation on the fragmentation of identity and the porous boundaries between the real and the imagined. Threaded through these poems is a profound reckoning with origin and inheritance. These are poems of becoming and unbecoming, of turning over every fragment in the hope that it might reveal something whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eCarissa is a poet from Southern California. Her poetry and journalism has been recognized by the Pulitzer Center, the Bergen International Literary Festival, and the European Cultural Foundation, among others. She is on staff at \u003ci\u003eAsymptote \u003c\/i\u003eJournal and EdSource, and currently serves as a youth advisor for both PEN International and PEN Norway. Her poems have appeared in various publications and anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carissa Coane","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":50221909606715,"sku":"_CROCCC","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":50221909639483,"sku":"_CROCCCe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/crocusfront.png?v=1744819063","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/_croccc","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}