{"product_id":"martin-lauren-forgotten-pb","title":"[12\/08\/26] Martin, Lauren: Forgotten Lands","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe Writes Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: December 8, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eIn the tradition of Joy Harjo and Sandra Cisneros, \u003ci\u003eForgotten Lands\u003c\/i\u003e is a fearless poetry collection exploring disability, divinity, and erasure--offering a voice from the margins that refuses to be silence.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eAfter her acclaimed debut, psychotherapist and poet Lauren Martin returns with a luminous second collection written from a life changed by spinal cord injury. From the quiet of recovery, she turns to ritual, prayer, and language.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eRooted in the West African tradition of Ifá, and honoring the Òrìsà who walk with her, these poems move through love and loss, illness and the body, isolation and faith, and the daily politics of being overlooked.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eWith a voice both melodic and raw, Martin shifts between verse, haiku, and prose poems. She writes toward nature, toward God's presence in all forms, and toward the fierce tenderness that survives transformation.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eForgotten Lands\u003c\/i\u003e is poetry as prayer and protest--an offering what endures when everything else shifts.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45183263113239,"sku":"9798896362203","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/61XEpxUOKKL._SL1500.jpg?v=1782071407","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/martin-lauren-forgotten-pb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}