{"product_id":"greater-things-than-these-paperback","title":"Greater Things Than These - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClayton James Hester\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreater Things Than These is a lyrical fever dream-a cry from someone\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elaying in the dark on the chapel floor. In this incandescent debut collection, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClayton James Hester writes with the hunger of a mystic and the heartbreak\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof a lover unmoored. These poems are not polite. They weep, ache, yearn, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003epraise, and burn. They trace the sacred and profane in the aftermath of love, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe marrow-deep ache of desire, the ghost of God, and the body as both\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ealtar and battlefield.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRaised on a Missouri farm and trained as a journalist, Hester fuses devotional\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecadence with raw emotional maximalism. He writes toward the invisible, the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eforbidden, the abandoned-inviting the reader to a place where vulnerability\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebecomes holy and grief becomes song.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is not a collection for the dispassionate. It is a love letter to shattered\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esouls and everything that shatters them\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46231774265479,"sku":"9781665783552","price":24.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/vYumpYd2Fw9781665783552.webp?v=1792342238","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/greater-things-than-these-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}