{"product_id":"if-not-now-paperback","title":"If Not Now ... - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnita Barrows\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf Not Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Anita Barrows posits that one cannot bear witness from a safe distance, that, to do it properly, one must join in the bloodletting. These poems foreground an oft-overlooked truth about structural violence-poverty, displacement, and police shootings. It is a bomb that detonates in our communities, whose blast radius extends well beyond the body lying lifeless in the street. They remind us that the only way to transcend this violence, to repair that which has been broken, is through connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Zach Wyner, Author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat We Never Had\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnita Barrows is a poet of the morning and the future. Her poems in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf Not Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e are songs to life and hope. They offer the reader a subtle embrace from a poet whose own work is inspired, it seems to me, both by her translations-with Joanna Macy-of Rilke, and her day-to-day engagement with the real world as a psychotherapist working with very troubled children in a world exploding with challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Dennis J Bernstein, award-winning poet, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eFive Oceans in a Teaspoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnita Barrows lets us see ourselves in the hidden sorrows and heroic acts of everyday. These poems reveal that a brave rebellious heart can transform the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Joanna Macy, activist and author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eActive Hope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.08 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773100687648,"sku":"9781639801374","price":22.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/82fa8239df8f0523b621cea1a9fd865e.webp?v=1780419638","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/if-not-now-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}