{"title":"Becca Downs","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"acid-rain-epithalamium-paperback","title":"Acid Rain Epithalamium - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdvance Praise for Acid Rain Epithalamium\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcid Rain Epithalamium is a rich, layered text that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshowcases a range of formal and thematic work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the poems are reversals, questionings, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etentativeness as the speaker grieves losses-but\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethere's a strength of voice underneath that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehesitancy that is explosive, espouses commitment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto an unmapped future, and is ready to be set free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKhadijah Queen, author of Anodyne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this exquisite debut collection from Becca\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDowns, we join the poet as she navigates divorce, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclimate change, and the many parallels in these\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etransformations, as in the title piece: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"this isn't the rain we asked for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut it is the rain we've made\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elove to dropped to one\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eknee bound ourselves for life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis could be a celebration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewindborn praise songs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecrawling toward mountaintops\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuzi Q. Smith, author of A Gospel of Bones\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378769199327,"sku":"9798994372739","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/XHdbYKfCjP9798994372739.webp?v=1789261691"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/becca-downs.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}