{"product_id":"browne-jenny-i-am-tryinpb","title":"[09\/15\/26] Browne, Jenny: I Am Trying to Love the Whole World","description":"\u003cp\u003eBOA Editions, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: September 15, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her lyrical fifth collection, \u003ci\u003eI Am Trying to Love the Whole World\u003c\/i\u003e, Jenny Browne fearlessly confronts grief without sentimentality and beauty without denial. For nearly a year, Browne began each poem with the line \"I am trying to love the whole world,\" letting it guide her through loss, love, and survival. The result is a striking meditation on human fragility and the sustaining power of art, even as life--and the world around us--can be made and unmade in an instant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoving between tenderness, fierceness, and wry humor, these poems mourn a beloved friend, witness the pandemic, and reflect on the politicization of women's bodies. Browne delights in a snarky daughter scrolling TikTok, a ghost wearing her best red boots, and the music of Violetta's aria in \u003ci\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/i\u003e. Drawing on nature, memory, and human connection, she explores oceans, bones, motherhood, and time itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMultivocal, incantatory, and precise, her work asks what it means to live with loss while remaining open to the world, finding solace in the everyday--\"sky blue \/ Mustang paused on the shoulder.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118190649367,"sku":"9781968507213","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/717MYlP6GSL._SL1500.jpg?v=1778789722","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/browne-jenny-i-am-tryinpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}