{"product_id":"acqua-alta-9781958669297","title":"Acqua Alta","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her recent book, \u003cem\u003eAcqua Alta\u003c\/em\u003e, Bedell Phillips voyages through a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esacred trust, love of a dog and grandmother, serious medical \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003equandaries, sexual escapades, a quest for a good man. This book's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eodyssey addresses the current solution for historic flooding in Venice, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoisonous water chemicals, a Miami drug lord, new age kid's version \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof blackness, the horror of long terrorist history and ends with the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eterror of October 7. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The words of Bedell Phillips guide us to discover slivers of the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esublime in even nature's subtlest unfoldings, and in the quotidian \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edelights and small cruelties of being human at this specific moment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe also takes an unflinching look at world events with poems that \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindict the cruelty and carelessness of many people in power. Acqua \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlta deftly combines it all in a collection of poems that keep readers \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esurprised while leaving us wiser.\" - Ellen Benson \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Piscataqua Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781958669297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.11d","brand":"Bedell Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44723224445109,"sku":"9781958669297","price":8.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c7746b06-c221-4437-805e-40a793ffc3e8.jpg?v=1729007129","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/acqua-alta-9781958669297","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}