{"product_id":"thisrd","title":"This Is How I, by Riley Danvers","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 40 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\"\u003eWhat happens to hearts searching for love? What happens when hearts broken by unrequited and disappointed love keep searching for love? What happens when they find it? \u003cem\u003eThis Is How I\u003c\/em\u003e is a glimpse into the mental and emotional struggle that comes from finding new love after losing old love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eWritten from the perspective of a speaker who is actively falling in love with someone, \u003cem\u003eThis Is How I\u003c\/em\u003e explores the anxiety and excitement and romance and uncertainty of a new relationship as it fills and moves through her body. Questions lead to searching which leads to reflection on the past and an honest exclamation of the desires she doesn’t know how to repress or confess. \u003cem\u003eThis Is How I\u003c\/em\u003e is an examination of how vulnerability and the choice to keep pursuing love, even in the wake of continued heartbreak, can create a life that is beautiful, even in its imperfections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eRiley Danvers is a bisexual and disabled poet living in Portland, Oregon. Their poetry has been published in \u003cem\u003eZ Publishing House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSilkworm\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eClackamas Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOther Worldly Women Press\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChasing Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWingless Dreamer Publication\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoets Choice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFox Paw Literary Blog\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Endeavor: Maiden Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWingless Dreamer Publications\u003c\/em\u003e, and the anthology \u003cem\u003eMOSAIC\u003c\/em\u003e. Riley graduated with their M.F.A. in Poetry from Willamette University in 2021, and completed their M.A. in Literature from Mercy College in 2023. They just completed an M.S. in Professional Writing from NYU. Their debut book of poetry, \u003cem\u003eEven the Air, Too Heavy\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by First Matter Press in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riley Danvers","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":51309775192379,"sku":"THISRD","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":51309775225147,"sku":"THISRDe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/how_cover.png?v=1780433421","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/thisrd","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}