{"product_id":"so-the-sadness-could-not-hurt","title":"So the Sadness Could Not Hurt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuth Towne\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eResurrection of the Mannequins\u003c\/em\u003e (Kelsay Books, forthcoming). She is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer poetry has appeared in \u003cem\u003eHoly Gossip, The Lily Poetry Review, Decadent Review, New Feathers Anthology, Coffin Bell Journal, New Note Poetry, In Parentheses, \u003c\/em\u003eand the \u003cem\u003eStonecoast Review\u003c\/em\u003e’s Staff Spotlight. Her poetry has also appeared in Stanford’s \u003cem\u003eMantis: A Journal of Poetry, Criticism, and Translation. \u003c\/em\u003eHer poem “So the Sadness Could Not Hurt” received the second-place Grantchester Award from \u003cem\u003eThe Orchards Poetry Journal. \u003c\/em\u003eHer poem “S@lv@d°r D@l!’s Mannequin,” published in \u003cem\u003eBAM Quarterly, \u003c\/em\u003eIssue III, was nominated for the 2025 Best of the Net Anthology. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 58 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (January 1, 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53362156175669,"sku":"gcg1787286999695","price":14.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/so-the-sadness-could-not-hurt_1.jpg?v=1787287005","url":"https:\/\/chicpeakfashion.shop\/products\/so-the-sadness-could-not-hurt","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}