{"product_id":"mosslight-paperback","title":"Mosslight - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiane Kistner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKimberley Pittman-Schulz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2011 FutureCycle Poetry Book Prize. In MOSSLIGHT, Kimberley Pittman-Schulz invites readers on a walking meditation, a crooked path through loss and longing where solace shimmers in the shadows, rooted in the rhythms of the natural world. Each poem is a small epiphany offered by unlikely mentors-decaying redwood logs and indifferent ravens, \"the golden gel\" of a banana slug and a blur of wet bees, tiny fish caught in a shoe, a dog's black face leaning from a truck window, even \"eight rusty ants dragging a dead wasp through the grass\" that challenge us with, \"Who are you, anyway?\" Like a lost explorer-part-naturalist, part-Buddhist-the voice in this collection leads the reader deep into the present moment, \"stark and lush,\" reminding us that while \"alone each foot burns\/into cold layers\" there is a larger interconnectedness, as \"even in wet snow falling, \/the wren sings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter exploring woods and watersheds on both coasts, Kimberley Pittman-Schulz lives among redwoods and the Pacific Ocean of Northern California with her wildlife biologist husband and two cats. When not writing, hiking, or kayaking, she earns a living building philanthropy for Humboldt State University. She blogs about her life and work at www.themosslitpath.blogspot.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737855889471,"sku":"9780982861295","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/26ff2e73d58f97faaae5dfbee4ef315c.webp?v=1765151320","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/mosslight-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}