{"product_id":"denenberg-risa-slight-faipb","title":"Denenberg, Risa: Slight Faith","description":"\u003cp\u003eMoonPath, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: May 01, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \"The beauty of faith isn't so much about paradise as it is\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe absence before, the gap we must leap in order to land. In her meditative and profound book slight faith, Risa Denenberg plants her feet before the divide, wrestles with the angels of loss and doubt. 'There is nothing, ' Denenberg writes, 'on the other side for certainty to dine on.' Yet, there is so much in this book that nourishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are days of awe, ' she writes and while reading these poems I too am opened up to a sense of fear and wonder. These poems speak to the sacred within and outside of us. There is death and pain but inevitably there is 'the slipperiness of hope.' There is an almost reluctant acceptance of pleasure. 'I've grown passably \/ fond of rain, ' she says and I can't help but smile as she tries for something 'more pastoral.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40780857376791,"sku":"9781936657353","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/view_archive_9c42af8d-b906-483f-9d7a-b436b0371f70.jpg?v=1701906910","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/denenberg-risa-slight-faipb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}