{"product_id":"cauterized-paperback","title":"Cauterized - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Apol\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCauterize: to burn or freeze the flesh around a wound to stop heavy bleeding.\u003c\/i\u003e In her sixth full-length collection, award-winning poet Laura Apol returns to themes of loss that are, at least partly, cauterized: her struggles with a conservative religious upbringing, her mother's illness and death, children growing up and leaving home, losing her adult daughter to suicide, a worldwide pandemic, the casualties of age. With startling honesty, empathy, and lyrical precision, Apol offers insight into the ways some wounds need cautery to begin to heal. This is a book that will resonate with anyone who has grappled with the complexities of grief, forgiveness, resilience, and healing across time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than twenty years, \u003cb\u003eLaura Apol\u003c\/b\u003e has conducted workshops for writers of all skill levels in local, national, and international contexts. She is the author of several collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eNothing but the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2019 Oklahoma Book Award for poetry and the 2019 silver medal for the Independent Publisher Book Award for poetry, and \u003ci\u003eA Fine Yellow Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2022 Midwest Book Award for Poetry. From 2019-2021, Apol served as the poet laureate for the Lansing area in mid-Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155618500743,"sku":"9781611864854","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e2e9c4ebae232bf2cbaea0deb729fa36.webp?v=1733237448","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/cauterized-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}