{"product_id":"maryks","title":"Mary of the Magpies, by Kelly Stanton","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 32 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" 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\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMary of the Magpies\u003c\/em\u003e explores the themes of love, grief, and what is worth believing in. It examines the ever-present pull of the past, the confusion of our present time, and the anxiety that the future holds. \u003cem\u003eMary of the Magpies\u003c\/em\u003e uses powerful poetry and prose to explore these ideas. Ultimately, it is a story about trying to find home. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMary of the Magpies\u003c\/em\u003e searches from Appalachia, to Cape Cod, to New York City for a place to truly call home. Home isn’t necessarily the place you were born in, or grew up. It’s a place where you can be yourself and let yourself be loved. Home isn’t just a palace, but a feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf a home cannot be found, it must be created, like the magpies that fly overhead that make their nests out of grass and twigs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKelly Stanton was born in Boston and currently lives in New York City. She is pursuing an undergraduate degree at Fordham University. She loves getting lost in museums, walking dogs, reading horrendously raunchy romance novels, and studying foreign languages. Her other works can be found in the online literary journal \u003cem\u003eScribere\u003c\/em\u003e. This is her first published collection of poetry. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelly Stanton","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":39719936294983,"sku":"MARYKS","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":39719936327751,"sku":"MARYKSe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/products\/maryfront.png?v=1679603857","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/maryks","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}