{"product_id":"waitmc","title":"[Waiting Room], by Maya Collins","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 24 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\"\u003eInspired by the work of Louise Gluck, the poet harnesses Greek  Mythology as a lens through which to consider our most fundamental human experiences. Rich with an unusual amalgamation of modern and mythological imagery, the collection’s principle concern is that mundane yet dreadfully persistent act of waiting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe reader is invited to enter this chapbook as one enters a hospital waiting room. This is that in-between space: the home we did not plan on, the place that no one prepared for us. It is a refugee encampment, it is the shade on the side of a road, it is a “bedroom” in a psych ward. This collection does not offer an escape—you will not hear your name called by a nurse, there will be no healing nor help in some proceeding room. Instead, each poem will investigate the nature of the waiting room itself. There is a beauty in the thing we wait for, the thing we dream of. But there is also a beauty in that brave and terrifying act of hoping for something more. Being broken, and uncertain if the mending will ever come. Not knowing, yet continuing to hold on. To dream, even.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eMaya Collins is a published author, professional artist, and member of the Girls Write Now Collaboratory. Their work is featured or forthcoming in \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Marble Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTension Literary\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Alexandrian Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnti-Heroin Chic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Applause Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKodon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOddball Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eGirls Write Now 2023 Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eGirls Write Now 2024 Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e, Querencia Press’ \u003cem\u003eNot Ghosts But Spirits Volume V\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Veil Press 2025 Pride Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e.They are a rising Sophomore at Wheaton College as a Studio Art and English Writing double major. More of their work can be viewed on their instagram, @poems_by_maya.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maya Collins","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":50038645653819,"sku":"WAITMC","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":50038645686587,"sku":"WAITMCe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/waitingfront_2057d43e-94d1-425a-8c07-aa7b97ea2c33.png?v=1740025139","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/waitmc","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}