{"product_id":"griffiths-rachel-eliza-born-amonghb","title":"[03\/09\/27] Griffiths, Rachel Eliza: Born Among Mirrors (HB)","description":"\u003cp\u003eW. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: March 9, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReflecting on the near-loss of her husband and the death of her mother and a beloved friend, Rachel Eliza Griffiths calls upon some of her most beloved poets--Federico García Lorca, Henry Dumas, Sylvia Plath, Sonia Sanchez, and others--to guide her through a scarred wilderness in search of wonder, love, and companionship. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBorn Among Mirrors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, she gathers a wide range of contemporary and historical artists and themes: some poems employ Coltrane's four pillars of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Love Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and Freytag's Pyramid dramatic structure; others praise a diasporic village of Black poetry where voices of both the dead and living call and respond or are named for visual effects of formal photography and nod to popular films, such as Wim Wenders' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerfect Days\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and Ridley Scott's iconic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThelma and Louise\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. As Griffiths journeys through the complicated dynamics of loss, she befriends grief, accepting the alchemy, transformation, clarity, and risk required to live beyond mere survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45361787568151,"sku":"9781324105626","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/71mPsT3Z_zL._SL1500.jpg?v=1791062196","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/griffiths-rachel-eliza-born-amonghb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}