{"product_id":"in-a-riptide-9781771316583","title":"In a Riptide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFEATURED ON CBC'S FRESH AIR WITH DAVID COOPER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny while serious, wise without being certain, full of feeling and yet rinsed of sentimentality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe characters in Ronna Bloom's new collection \u003ci\u003eIn a Riptide\u003c\/i\u003e are tired, sick, old, fragile, baffled, worried, dying, dead, uncertain, snacking, happy, generous, preoccupied, horny, astonished, and sometimes free. Emily Dickinson and Bukowski show up in the same poem. The Buddha has a shower. And Sisyphus is released from his burdens. It's the hospital meets the circus. Here, humour, darkness, and ecstasy mingle, and the chaos doesn't stop. But there's breath in these poems. There’s life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ronna Bloom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278417703163,"sku":"9781771316583","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_1ffdb05d-e3b4-4154-bcf4-28d171a92bdd.jpg?v=1777989383","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/in-a-riptide-9781771316583","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}