{"product_id":"the-smallest-of-bones-9781944866952","title":"The Smallest of Bones","description":"\u003cp\u003eA haunting ossuary of tiny poems covering a wide range of topics such as love, romance, relationships, queer sexuality, religion, death, demons, ghosts, bones, gender, and darkness. \u003cem\u003eThe Smallest of Bones \u003c\/em\u003eguides those on an intimate journey of body acceptance, with sparse words dedicated to peeling back skin and diving bone-deep into the self. Raw, honest, and powerful, this collection is an offering to those struggling to find power in the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Between stars and shards of bone, Holly Lyn Walrath invites the reader to build a skeleton with her words, to get lost between the dark spaces of curved ribs. \u003cem\u003eThe Smallest of Bones\u003c\/em\u003e offers so much within each poem - here, we wander beneath the moon and speak with ghosts; we transform under the night sky and haunt our own minds as the words encourage us to strip back the skin and expose rawness and vulnerability. A beautiful collection!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSara Tantlinger, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Devil's Dreamland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A striking meditation on the body and its ghosts, this collection is a blossoming of bones and the trauma we hold inside, a gorgeous homage to the fever dreams and nightmares we collect, break, and survive with each and every day.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephanie M. Wytovich, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Apocalyptic Mannequin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eThe Smallest of Bones\u003c\/em\u003e, blood, bones, skin, and flesh are placed on the sacrificial altar as an offering to the gods, beautifully laid out to represent life's journey: love, identity, volition, pain, destruction, and finally, enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaw, visceral, and powerful, each word in Walrath's poems is selected with the care of a surgeon for the perfect incision. It is a journey we all walk and this is its handbook.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristina Sng, Bram Stoker award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eA Collection of Nightmares\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walrath, Holly Lyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clash Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781944866952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Holly Lyn Walrath","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39539331563595,"sku":"9781944866952","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_178077ec-46b9-43a0-aa46-70eb1eb3d3b6.jpg?v=1633441259","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-smallest-of-bones-9781944866952","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}