{"product_id":"whenaga","title":"When You're Stuck In Traffic, by Alecia Gabrielle","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 28 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 href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen You’re Stuck In Traffic\u003c\/em\u003e by Alecia Gabrielle is a masterfully written chapbook ruminating upon life’s losses, heartaches and hopes. The collection reads like a tuneful flux and lingers like strange afterthoughts even after the drive home ends. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten amidst the humming of stationary traffic, these poems call the reader by name to welcome them into a mind and heart akin to theirs. From bittersweet ventures to past oddities, raindrops on the car window, fleeting memories, to backpocket affirmations, the things you cannot bear to lose, locked in the glovebox, Gabrielle unlocks a myriad of experiences which embrace the past and present for reader, speaker and poet. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen You’re Stuck In Traffic\u003c\/em\u003e is a succinct collection to savor, showcasing Gabrielle’s rich poetic style and voice at its very best. There is wisdom alongside reckless abandon, an ache for childhood hand-in-hand with sensory hedonism, and the thick thread of humanity woven through it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlecia Gabrielle is a Mississippi native who has been writing poetry for about eleven years. She has self-published one full length collection, \u003cem\u003eAfterglow Effect\u003c\/em\u003e, and one other chapbook, \u003cem\u003eMan-made motion sickness\u003c\/em\u003e. Alecia is a member of the Mississippi Poetry Society, and she is a two-time recipient of writing awards in the poetry division for the Hinds Literary Festival. In her spare time, she enjoys long drives in the countryside, reading poetry and memoirs, and listening to folk music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alecia Gabrielle","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":45643793105211,"sku":"WHENAGA","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":45643793137979,"sku":"WHENAGAe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/trafficfront.png?v=1688762237","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/whenaga","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}