{"product_id":"prayer-to-the-invisible","title":"Prayer to the Invisible","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her luminous 9\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e collection, \u003cem\u003ePrayer to the Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e, poet Diane Frank fully unmasks her wild and loving imagination. With a river-deep range in subject matter and voice, Frank guides us through terrains both difficult and joyous - her Jewish mother's love of Christmas carols, a grace-filled visitation from a victim of ethnic violence, a ballerina-in-disguise on public transit, and many transcendent visions from dreams. Diane Frank is the wise and wonder-struck, barefoot-dancing companion we all long for in these precarious times.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Prartho Sereno, Poet Laureate Emerita of Marin County, California \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of \u003cem\u003eStarfall in the Temple \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiane Frank is a poet and musician, author of nine books of poems, three novels, and a photo memoir of her 400 mile trek in the Nepal Himalayas.\u003cem\u003e While Listening to the Enigma Variations\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cem\u003eNew and Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e won the 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Poetry. She is editor of three bestselling anthologies: \u003cem\u003eRiver of Earth and Sky: Poems for the Twenty-First Century; Fog and Light: San Francisco through the Eyes of the Poets Who Live Here\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003ePandemic Puzzle Poems\u003c\/em\u003e. Her first novel, \u003cem\u003eBlackberries in the Dream House\u003c\/em\u003e, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditoral Reviews: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In her luminous 9\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e collection, \u003cem\u003ePrayer to the Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e, poet Diane Frank fully unmasks her wild and loving imagination. With a river-deep range in subject matter and voice, Frank guides us through terrains both difficult and joyous - her Jewish mother's love of Christmas carols, a grace-filled visitation from a victim of ethnic violence, a ballerina-in-disguise on public transit, and many transcendent visions from dreams. Diane Frank is the wise and wonder-struck, barefoot-dancing companion we all long for in these precarious times.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Prartho Sereno, Poet Laureate Emerita of Marin County, California\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of \u003cem\u003eStarfall in the Temple \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Diane Frank's \u003cem\u003ePrayer to the Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e is a gorgeous book of poems that rings with truth and beauty. Frank weaves together dreamscape and imagination, earthly treasures and astronomical principles. Accompanied throughout by music as metaphor, these poems invite us to find solace and remind us that wonder exists alongside grief. \u003cem\u003ePrayer to the Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e reveals maps in the stars, helps us navigate tragedy, and invites us to find home within ourselves.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Emilie Lygren, Poet \u0026amp; Outdoor Educator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of \u003cem\u003eWhat We Were Born For \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In her new collection, Diane Frank relies on two of her most beloved motifs: dreams and music. She employs them as talismans against what her mother, a marvelous singer, calls (in my favorite poem) the\u003cem\u003e mishegas\u003c\/em\u003e - the craziness - of the world. In a touching tribute to her friend who was killed in the Tree of Life shooting, Frank says, 'Our prayers grow out of the shadow \/ of necessity.' The shadow where, as Jung reminds us, the affirmations of dreams and music and poetry can contend against ever-impending doom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Thomas Centolella, Author of \u003cem\u003eAlmost Human\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diane Frank","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47475359318252,"sku":"9781421836010","price":21.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781421836010.jpg?v=1775449562","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/prayer-to-the-invisible","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}