{"product_id":"waking-to-the-dream-paperback","title":"Waking to the Dream - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeidi Elaine Hermanson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a love letter to the Midwest, Heidi Elaine Hermanson writes of discovery, heartbreak, and redemption in the natural accumulation of her life as a poet. Inspired by a sense of longing for whatever comes next and for wherever life may take us, \u003ci\u003eWaking to the Dream\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a road-trip (figuratively and literally). Inspired heavily by the relationships we create together and rooted in imagery of place, Hermanson gives readers a sense of home in the search.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Excerpt: \u003cbr\u003e The Lure Of Orange\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Because you can stay mum, my love, \u003cbr\u003e I will show you a secret, here behind the hill.\u003cbr\u003e Bring a rope. Bring a bottle of foreboding, \u003cbr\u003e a flashlight, a blindfold. Bring a gun.\u003cbr\u003e Everything vanishes by tomorrow.\u003cbr\u003e There are long shadows in the nearby valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHEIDI HERMANSON earned her MFA in Writing from the University of Nebraska Omaha (Summer, 2008). Her poems have been published in \u003ci\u003eMidwest Quarterly, Hiram Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePlainSpoke\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2010 she won the Omaha Public Library's annual poetry contest and performed her winning work, \u003ci\u003eMemento Mori, \u003c\/i\u003e accompanied by Silver Roots, a New York-based violin and flute duo. She has read at the John H. Milton Conference in Vermillion, SD, on the Kerry Pedestrian Bridge over the Missouri, at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City, and at the Roebuck Pub in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714060554303,"sku":"9781622882137","price":29.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/293dcb6165e2330612eaf8235a54e24e.webp?v=1765066841","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/waking-to-the-dream-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}